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PREFACE
COLLODI'S " Pinocchio " tells the story of a
wooden marionette and of his efforts to become a
real boy. Although he was kindly treated by the
old woodcutter, Geppetto, who had fashioned him
out of a piece of kindling wood, he was continually
getting into trouble and disgrace. Even Fatina,
the Fairy with the Blue Hair, could not at once
change an idle, selfish marionette into a studious
and reliable boy. His adventures, including his
brief transformation into a donkey, give the author
an opportunity to teach a needed and wholesome
lesson without disagreeable moralizing.
Pinocchio immediately leaped into favor as the
hero of Italian juvenile romance. The wooden
marionette became a popular subject for the
artist's pencil and the story-teller's invention.
Brought across the seas, he was welcomed by
American children and now appears in a new vol-
ume which sets forth his travels in Africa. The
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lessons underlying his fantastic experiences are
clear to the youngest readers, but are never allowed
to become obtrusive. The amusing illustrations
of the original are fully equaled in the present edi-
tion, while the whimsical nonsense which delights
Italian children has been reproduced as closely
as a translation permits.
CONTENTS
CHAPTER PAGE
I. WHY PINOCCHIO DID NOT GO TO SCHOOL i
II. PINOCCHIO ASSISTS IN WELCOMING THE
CIRCUS 5
III. PINOCCHIO AMONG THE WILD ANIMALS . 7
IV. PINOCCHIO MAKES FRIENDS WITH THE
WILD ANIMALS 12
V. PINOCCHIO DETERMINES TO GO TO AFRICA 16
VI. PINOCCHIO IN DOUBT 20
VII. HE BIDS GOOD-BY TO THE ANIMALS . . 23
VIII. PINOCCHIO DOES NOT SLEEP 27
IX. PINOCCHIO EATS DATES 3°
X. PINOCCHIO LANDS ON A ROCK 33
XI. THE FIRST NIGHT IN APRICA 36
XII. PINOCCHIO is WELL RECEIVED 40
XIII. PINOCCHIO is ARRESTED 43
XIV. PINOCCHIO'S FATHER 47
XV. PINOCCHIO SELLS DRINKING WATER . . 50
XVI. A RIDE ON A DOG'S BACK 52
XVII. THE CAVE 54
XVIII. THE CARAVAN 56
XIX. THE BABY PULLS HIS NOSE 5$
XX. PINOCCHIO TRAVELS WITH THE CARAVAN 62
XXI. HE IS OFFERED FOR SALE 64
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XXII. THE BIRD IN THE FOREST 67
XXIII. His ADVENTURE WITH A LION .... 71
XXIV. PINOCCHIO is BROUGHT BEFORE THE KING 76
XXV. THE MONKEYS STONE THE MARIONETTE . 82
XXVI. PINOCCHIO DREAMS AGAIN 85
XXVII. PINOCCHIO is CARRIED AWAY IN AN EGG-
SHELL 88
XXVIII. PINOCCHIO ESCAPES AGAIN 92
XXIX. PINOCCHIO is SWALLOWED BY A CROCO-
DILE 95
XXX. PINOCCHIO is MADE EMPEROR 99
XXXI. His FIRST NIGHT AS EMPEROR 103
XXXII. HE SENDS FOR THE ROYAL DOCTOR . . 107
XXXIII. AN OLD STORY no
XXXIV. His DUTIES AS EMPEROR 113
XXXV. PINOCCHIO MAKES HIS FIRST ADDRESS . . 119
XXXVI. THE EMPEROR BECOMES AS BLACK AS A
CROW 124
XXXVII. THE HIPPOPOTAMUS HUNT 128
XXXVIII. THE EMPEROR SURPRISES HIS SUBJECTS
BY HIS WISDOM 133
XXXIX. PINOCCHIO TRAVELS THROUGH THE EMPIRE 139
XL. PINOCCHIO is PLACED IN A CAGE .... 144
XLI. PINOCCHIO PERFORMS FOR THE PUBLIC . 147
XLII. PINOCCHIO BREAKS THE CAGE AND MAKES
ms ESCAPE 150
PINOCCHIO IN AFRICA
CHAPTER I
WHY PINOCCHIO DID NOT GO TO SCHOOL
ONE morning Pinocchio slipped out of bed
before daybreak. He got up with a great desire
to study, a feeling, it must be confessed, which
did not often take hold of him. He dipped his
wooden head into the cool, refreshing water,
puffed very hard, dried himself, jumped up and
down to stretch his legs, and in a few moments
was seated at his small work table.
There was his home work for the day, — twelve
sums, four pages of penmanship, and the fable
of "The Dog and the Rabbit" to learn by heart.
He began with the fable, reciting it in a loud voice,
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like the hero in the play: "'A dog was roaming
about the fields, when from behind a little hill
jumped a rabbit, which had been nibbling the
tender grass.'
"Roaming, nibbling. — The teacher says this is
beautiful language. Maybe it is; I have nothing
to say about that. Well, once more.
"'A dog was roaming about the fields — when
he saw — run out — a rabbit which — which — ' I
don't know it; let's begin again. 'A dog was
running about eating, eating - ' But eating what?
Surely he did not eat grass!
"This fable is very hard; I cannot learn it.
Well, I never did have much luck with dogs and
rabbits! Let me try the sums. Eight and seven,
seventeen; and three, nineteen; and six, twenty-
three; put down two and carry three. Nine and
three, eleven; and four, fourteen; put down the
whole number — one, four: total, four hundred
thirteen.
"Ah! good! very good! I do not wish to
boast, but I have always had a great liking for
arithmetic. Now to prove the answer: eight and
seven, sixteen; and three, twenty-one; and six,
twenty-four; put down four — why! it's wrong!
Eight and seven, fourteen; and three, nineteen;
and six — wrong again !
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"I know what the trouble is; the wind is not
in the right quarter to-day for sums. Perhaps
it would be better to take a walk in the open."
No sooner said than done. Pinocchio went
out into the street and filled his lungs with the
fresh morning air.
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"Ah! here, at least, one can breathe. It is a
pity that I am beginning to feel hungry. Strange
how things go wrong sometimes! Take the les-
sons — " he went on.
Listen! A noise of creaking wheels, of bells
ringing, the voices of people, the cries of animals!
Pinocchio stopped short. What could it all mean?
Down the street came a huge wagon drawn by
three big mules. Behind it was a long train of
men and women dressed in the strangest fashion.
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Some were on foot, some on horseback, some sat
or lay on other wagons larger and heavier than
the first. Two Moors, their scarlet turbans blaz-
ing in the sun, brought up the rear. With spears
at rest and with shields held before them, they
rode along, mounted on two snow-white horses.
Pinocchio stood with his mouth wide open.
Only after the two Moors had passed did he dis-
cover the fact that he had legs, and that these
were following on behind the procession. And he
walked, walked, walked, until the carriages and
all the people stopped in the big town square. A
man with a deep voice began to give orders. In a
short time there arose an immense tent, which
hid from Pinocchio and the many others who had
gathered in the square all those wonderful wagons,
horses, mules, and strange people.
It may seem odd, but it is a fact that the school
bell began to ring and Pinocchio never heard it!
CHAPTER II
PINOCCHIO ASSISTS IN WELCOMING THE CIRCUS
THAT day the school bell rang longer and louder
perhaps than it was wont to ring on other days.
What of that? From the tent came the loud
clanging of hammers, the sounds of instruments,
the neighing of horses, the roaring of lions and
tigers and panthers, the howling of wolves, the
bleating of camels, the screeching of monkeys!
Wonderful noises! Who cared for the school
bell? Pinocchio? No, not he.
Suddenly there was a loud command. All was
still.
The two Moors raised the tent folds with their
spears. Out came a crowd of men dressed in all
sorts of fine clothes, and women in coats of mail
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and beautiful cloaks of silk, with splendid diadems
on their heads. They were all mounted upon
horses covered with rich trappings of red and white.
Out they marched, and behind them came a
golden carriage drawn by four white ponies. In
it was the big man with the deep voice. There
he sat in the beautiful carriage with his dazzling
high hat and his tall white collar. He wore a
black suit with a pair of high boots. As he rode
on he waved his white gloves and bowed right and
left. The band with its trumpets and drums and
cymbals struck up a stirring march, and a parade
such as the townsfolk had never seen before
passed out among the crowds that now filled the
square.
The marionette could not believe his eyes. He
rubbed them to see if he was really awake. He
forgot all about his hunger. What did he care
for that? The wonders of the whole world were
before him.
The parade soon reentered the tent. The two
Moors, mounted upon their snow-white horses,
again stood at the entrance. Then the director,
the man with the loud voice, came out, hat in
hand, and began to address the people.
CHAPTER III
PINOCCHIO AMONG THE WILD ANIMALS
" LADIES and gentlemen! kind and gentle
people! citizens of a great town! officers and
soldiers! I wish you all peace, health, and plenty.
" Ladies and gentlemen, first of all, let me make
a brief explanation. I am not here for gain. Far
be it from me to think of such a thing as money.
I travel the world over with my menagerie, which
is made up of rare animals brought by me from
the heart of Africa. I perform only in large cities.
But to-day one of the monkeys of the troupe is
fallen seriously ill. It is therefore necessary to
make a short stop in order that we may consult
some well-known doctor in this town.
" Profit, therefore, by this chance, ladies and
gentlemen, to see wonders which you have never
seen before, and which you may never see again.
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I labor to spread learning, and I work to teach
the masses, for I love the common people. Come
forward, and I shall be glad to open my menagerie
to you. Forward, forward, ladies and gentlemen!
two small francs will admit you. Children one
franc, yes, only one franc."
Pinocchio, who stood in the front row, and who
was ready to take advantage of the kind invitation,
felt a sudden shock on hearing these last words.
He looked at the director in a dazed fashion, as
if to say to him, "What are you talking about?
Did you not say that you traveled around the
world for —
Then, as he saw one of the spectators put down
a two-franc piece and walk inside, he hung his
head and suffered in silence.
Having passed two or three minutes in pain-
ful thinking, the forlorn marionette put his
hands into his pockets, hoping to find in them
a forgotten coin. He found nothing but a few
buttons.
He racked his brains to think of some plan
whereby he could get the money that was needed.
He glanced at his clothes, which he would cheer-
fully have sold could he have found a buyer. Not
knowing what else to do, he walked around the
tent like a wolf prowling about the sheepfold.
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Around and around he went till he found himself
near an old wall which hid him from view. He
came nearer the tent and to his joy discovered a
tiny hole in the canvas. Here was his chance!
He thrust in his thin wooden finger, but, seized
with a sudden fear lest some hungry lion should
see it and bite it off, he hastily tried to pull it
out again. In doing this, somehow " r-r-rip " went
the canvas, and there was a tear a yard wide.
Pinocchio shook with fear. But fear or no fear,
there was the hole and beyond — were the wonders
of Africa!
First an arm, then his head, and then his whole
body went into the cage of wild animals! He
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could not see them, but he heard them, and he was
filled with awe. The beasts had seen him. He
felt himself grasped at once by the shoulders and
by the end of his nose. Two or three voices
shouted in his ears, "Who goes there?"
"For pity's sake, Mr. Elephant!" said poor
Pinocchio.
"There are no elephants here."
"Pardon, Sir Lion."
"There are no lions here."
"Excuse me, Mr. Tiger."
"There are no tigers."
"Mr. Monkey?"
"No monkeys."
"Men?"
"There are neither men nor women here; there
are only Africans from Africa, who imitate wild
beasts for two francs and a half a day."
"But the elephants, where are they?"
"In Africa."
"And the lions?"
"In Africa."
"And the tigers and the monkeys?"
"In Africa. And you, where do you come from?
What are you doing in the cage of the wild
beasts? Didn't you see what is written over the
door? NO ONE ALLOWED TO ENTER."
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"I cannot read in the dark," replied Pinocchio,
trembling from head to foot; "I am no cat."
At these words everybody began to laugh.
Pinocchio felt a little encouraged and murmured
to himself, "They seem to be kind people, these
wild beasts."
He wanted to say something pleasant to them,
but just then the director of the company began
to shout at the top of his voice.
CHAPTER IV
PINOCCHIO MAKES FRIENDS WITH THE WILD
ANIMALS
"COME forward, come forward, ladies and
gentlemen! The cost is small and the pleasure
is great. The show will last an hour, only one
hour. Come forward! See the battle between
the terrible lion Zumbo and his wife, the ferocious
lioness Zumba. Behold the tiger that wrestles
with the polar bear, and the elephant that lifts
the whole weight of the tent with his powerful
trunk. See the animals feed. Ladies and gentle-
men, come forward! Only two francs!"
At these words the men in the cages of the wild
animals put horns, sea shells, and whistles to their
mouths, and the next moment there came wild
roarings and howls and shrieks. It was enough to
make one shudder with fear.
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PINOCCHIO MAKES FRIENDS 13
Again the director raised his voice: "Come
forward, come forward, ladies and gentlemen!
two francs; children only one franc."
The music started : Boom ! Boom ! Boom !
Par-ap'-ap'-ap'-pa! Boom! Boom! Boom! Par-
ap'ap'ap'pa! parap' ap' ap' pa !
One surprise seemed to follow another. Pinoc-
chio longed to enjoy the sights, but how was he to
get out of the cage? At length, taking his courage
in both hands, he said politely, " Excuse me, gentle-
men, but if you have no commands to give me—
"Not a command!" roughly answered the
bearded man who played the lion. "If you do not
go away quickly, I will have you eaten up by that
large ape behind you."
"But I should be hard to digest," said the
marionette.
"Boy, be careful how you talk," exclaimed the
same voice.
"I said that your ape would have indigestion
if he ate me," replied Pinocchio. "Do you think
that I am joking? No, I am in earnest. He
really would. I came in here by chance while
returning from a walk, and if you will permit me,
I will go home to my father who is waiting for me.
As you have no orders to give me, many thanks,
good-by, and good luck to you."
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"Listen, boy," said the large man who took
the part of the elephant; "I am very thirsty,
and I will give you a fine new penny if you will
fill this bucket at the fountain and bring it to
me."
"What!" replied Pinocchio, greatly offended;
"I am no servant! However, this time, merely to
please you, I will go." And crawling through
the hole by which he had entered, he went out to
the fountain and returned in a very short time
with the bucket full of water.
"Good boy, good marionette!" said the men as
they passed the bucket from one to another.
Pinocchio was happy. Never had he felt so
happy as at that moment. "What good people!"
he said to himself. "I would gladly stay with
them." In the meantime the bucket was emptied,
and there were still some who had not had a
drink. "I will go and refill it," said the mario-
nette promptly. And without waiting to be asked,
he took the bucket and flew to the fountain.
When he returned they flattered him so cleverly
with praise and thanks that a 'strong friendship
sprang up between Pinocchio and the wild beasts.
Being a woodenhead he forgot about his father
and did not go away as he had intended to do.
In fact, he was curious to know something of the
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history of these people, who were forced to play
at being wild animals.
After a moment's silence he turned to the one
who had asked him to go for the water and said,
"You are from Africa?"
"Yes, I am an African, and all my companions
are African."
"How interesting! but pardon me, is Africa a
beautiful country?"
"I should say so! A country, my dear boy,
full of plenty, where everything is given away
free! A country in which at any moment the
strangest things may happen. A servant may
become a master; a plain citizen may become a
king. There are trees, taller than church steeples,
with branches touching the ground, so that one may
gather sweet fruit without the least trouble. My
boy, Africa is a country full of enchanted forests,
where the game allows itself to be killed, quartered,
and hung; where riches -
No one knows how far this description would
have gone, if at that moment the voice of the
director had not been heard. The music had
stopped, and the director was talking to the people,
who did not seem very willing to part with their
money.
CHAPTER V
PINOCCHIO DETERMINES TO GO TO AFRICA
PINOCCHIO had already resolved to go to Africa
to eat of the fruit and to gather riches. He was
eager toiearn more, and impatient of interruption.
"And the director is an African also?"
"Certainly he is an African."
"And is he very rich?"
"Is he rich? Take my word for it that if he
would, he could buy up this whole country."
Pinocchio was struck dumb. Still he wanted
to make the men believe that what he had heard
was not altogether new to him. "Oh, I know that
Africa is a very beautiful country, and I have
often planned to go there, — and — if I were sure
that it would not be too much trouble I would
willingly go with you."
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"With us? We are not going to Africa."
"What a pity! I thought I could make the
journey in your company."
"Are you in earnest?" asked the bearded man.
"Do you believe that there is any Africa outside
this tent?"
"Tent or no tent, I have decided to go to Africa,
and I shall go," boldly replied the marionette.
"I like that youngster," said the man who
played the part of a crocodile. "That boy will
make his fortune some day."
"Of course I shall!" continued Pinocchio. "I
ought to have fifty thousand francs, because I
must get a new jacket for my father, who sold
his old one to buy me a spelling book. If there
is so much gold and silver in Africa, I will fill up a
thousand vessels. Is it true that there is a great
deal of gold and silver?"
"Did we not tell you so?" replied another voice.
"Why, if I had not lost all that I had put in my
pockets before leaving Africa, by this time I should
have become a prince. And now were it not for
the fact that I have promised to stay with these
people, to be a panther at two francs and a half
a day, I would gladly go along with you."
"Thank you; thank you for your good inten-
tions," answered the marionette. "In case you
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decide to go with me, I start to-morrow morning
at dawn."
"On what steamship?"
"What did you say?" asked Pinbcchio.
"On what steamship do you sail?"
"Sail! I am going on foot."
At these words everybody laughed.
"There is little to laugh at, my dear people.
If you knew how many miles I have traveled on
these legs by day and by night, over land and
sea, you would not laugh. What! do you think
Fairyland, the country of the Blockheads, and
the Island of the Bees are reached in a single
stride? I go to Africa, and I go on foot."
"But it is necessary to cross the Mediterranean
Sea."
"It will be crossed."
"On foot?"
"Either on foot or on horseback, it matters
little. But pardon me, after crossing the Medi-
terranean Sea, do you reach Africa?"
"Certainly, unless you wish to go by way of the
Red Sea."
"The Red Sea? No, truly!"
"Perhaps the route over the Red Sea would be
better."
"I do not wish to go near the Red Sea."
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"And why?" asked the wolf man, who up to
this time had not opened his mouth.
"Why? why? Because I do not wish to get my
clothes dyed; do you understand?"
More laughter greeted these words. Pinocchio's
wooden cheeks got very red, and he spluttered:
"This is no way to treat a gentleman. I shall do
as I please, and I do not please to enter the Red
Sea. That is enough. Now I shall leave you,"
and he started off.
"Farewell, farewell, marionette!"
"Farewell, you impolite beasts!" Pinocchio
wanted to call out, but he did not.
"Come back!" cried the bearded man; "here is
the bucket; please fill it once more, for I am still
thirsty."
CHAPTER VI
PINOCCHIO IN DOUBT
PINOCCHIO went away very angry, vowing that
he would avenge himself on all who had laughed
at him.
"To begin with," said he, "I intend to make
them all die of thirst. If they wait to drink of
the water that I bring, they will certainly die."
With these thoughts in his mind the marionette
started homeward, carrying the bucket on his head.
"The bucket will repay me for all the work I
have had put upon me. How unlucky we children
are! Wherever we go, there is always something
for us to do. To-day I thought I would simply
enjoy myself; instead, I have had to carry water
for a company of strangers. How absurd! two
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trips, one after the other, to give drink to people I
do not know! And how they drink! they seem
to be sponges. For my part they can be thirsty
as long as they like. I feel now as if I would
never again move a finger for them. I am not
going to be laughed at."
As he finished these remarks Pinocchio arrived
at the fountain. It was delightful to see the clear
water rushing out, but he could not help thinking
of those poor creatures who were waiting for him.
He had to stop.
" Shall I or shall I not?" he asked himself.
" After all, they are good people, who are forced
to imitate wild animals; and besides, they have
treated me with some kindness. I may as well
carry some water to them; a trip more or less
makes no difference to me."
He approached the fountain, filled the bucket,
and ran down the road.
" Hello within there!" he said in a low voice.
"Here is the bucket of water; come and take it,
for I am not going in."
"Good marionette," said the beasts, "thank
you!"
"Don't mention it," replied Pinocchio, very
happy.
"Why will you not come in?"
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"It is impossible, thank you. I must go to
school."
"Then you are not going to Africa?"
"Who told you that? I am returning to school
to bid farewell to my teacher, and to ask him to
excuse me for a few days. Then I wish to see
my father and ask his permission to go, so that he
will not be anxious while I am away."
"Excellent marionette, you will become famous."
"What agreeable people!" thought Pinocchio.
"I am sorry to leave them."
"So you really will not come in?"
"No, I have said so before. I must go to school
first, and then —
"But it seems to me rather late for school,"
said the crocodile man.
"That is true; it is too late for school," replied
Pinocchio.
"Well, then, stay a little longer with us, and
later you can go home to your father."
Pinocchio thrust his head through the hole and
leaped into the tent. The naughty marionette
had not the least desire to go to school, and was
only too glad of an excuse to watch these strange
people.
CHAPTER VII
HE BIDS GOOD-BY TO THE ANIMALS
THE show had begun. The director was explain-
ing to the people the wonders of his menagerie.
" Ladies and gentlemen, observe the beauty and
the wildness of all these animals, which I have
brought from Central Africa. Here they are,
inclosed in these many cages, but hidden from
your view. Why are they hidden? Because,
ladies and gentlemen, you would be frightened
at the sight of them, and your peace and health
greatly concern me. The first animal which I
have the pleasure to present to you is the elephant.
Observe, ladies and gentlemen, that small affair
which hangs under his nose. With that he builds
houses, tills the soil, writes letters, carries trunks,
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and picks flowers. You can see that the animal
was painted from life and placed in this beautiful
frame."
The people began to look at one another.
"Now, ladies and gentlemen, let us go on to
the next one."
A roar of laughter and jeers arose on all sides.
The director saw the unfortunate state of things
and began to shout: "Have respect, ladies, for
the poor sick monkey I told you of. At this
moment she is pressing to her breast for the last
time her friendless child."
But not even this was sufficient to calm the
crowd, which presently became an infuriated mob.
Men and women rushed about the tent, making
fierce gestures and heaping abuse upon the director.
What an uproar!
In the cage where Pinocchio was, there was
no confusion, and the conversation between the
marionette and the wild beasts went on without
stopping.
"When do you leave for Africa?" Pinocchio
was asked.
"Have I not told you? To-morrow morning
at daybreak, even if it rains."
"Excellent! But you must carry with you
several things which you may need."
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"And those are—?"
"First of all you will need plenty of money."
"That is not lacking," said Pinocchio in his
usual airy way.
"Good! Then you should get a rifle."
"What for?"
"To defend yourself against the wild animals."
"Come, come! You don't want me to believe
that! I have seen what the wild animals of
Africa are!"
"Be careful, marionette. Take a good rifle
with you, for one never knows what will happen
in Africa."
"But I do not know how to load one."
"Well, then, stay at home. It is folly for you
to begin such an undertaking without arms and
without knowing how to use them."
"It is you who are foolish. Do not make me
angry. When I have decided upon a thing no
one can stop me from carrying it out."
"Take care, marionette; you may be sorry."
"Nevertheless I shall go."
"You may find things very unpleasant."
"It is for that very reason that I am going."
"You may never return."
"The good Fairy will protect me."
"Who is the Fairy?"
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"How many things you want to know! If you
are in need of nothing else, I will bid you all
good-by!"
"Farewell, marionette."
"Till we meet again."
"Good-by, blockhead."
"Don't be rude!" said Pinocchio, greatly vexed,
and out he went.
CHAPTER VIII
PINOCCHIO DOES NOT SLEEP
WHEN Pinocchio arrived at his home he found
his father already in bed. Old Geppetto did not
earn enough to provide a supper for two. He
used to say that he was not hungry, and go to
bed. But there was always plenty for Pinocchio.
An onion, some beans moistened in water, and a
piece of bread which had been left over from the
morning, were never missing.
That night Pinocchio found a better meal than
usual.
His good father, not having seen his son at the
regular dinner hour, knew that the boy would be
very hungry. There would have to be something
out of the ordinary. He therefore added to the
fare some dried fish and a delicious morsel of
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orange peel. " He will even have fruit," the good
man had said to himself, smiling at the joy his
dear Pinocchip would feel on seeing himself treated
like a man of the world.
The marionette ate his supper with relish, and
having finished his meal, went over to his sleeping
father and kissed him as a reward for the fish and
the orange peel. Pinocchio, to say the least, had
a good heart, and would have done anything for
his father except study and work.
That night he slept little. Lions, elephants,
tigers, panthers, beautiful women dressed in silks
PINOCCHIO DOES NOT SLEEP 29
and mounted on butterflies as large as eagles,
men, in large boots, armed with knives and guns,
palaces of silver and gold! All these and a great
many more strange sights floated before his
dreaming eyes, while he could hear animals roar-
ing, howling, and whistling to the sound of
trumpets and drums.
At length the night ended and Pinocchio arose.
First of all he went to bid farewell to his friends
in the circus, but they were no longer to be found.
During the night the director had quietly stolen
away with his company.
"A pleasant journey to you!" said Pinocchio,
and he began to search the ground for a forgotten
piece of gold, or some precious stone which might
have fallen from a lady's diadem; but he found
nothing.
"What shall I do now? Shall I go to Africa
or to school? It might be better to go to school,
for the teacher says that I am a little behind in
reading, writing, composition, history, geography,
and arithmetic. In other subjects I am not so
dull. Yes, yes; it will certainly do me more good
to go to school. Then I shall be a dunce no longer."
Having made this sensible decision, the mario-
nette started for home with the idea of studying
his lessons and of going to school.
CHAPTER IX
PINOCCHIO EATS DATES
SOON he met a man in a paper hat and a white
apron. He was pushing a cart filled with a kind
of fruit that Pinocchio had never seen before.
" Dates! dates! fresh dates! sweet dates! real
African dates!" came the cry.
"Even he speaks of Africa!" thought Pinocchio.
" Africa seems to follow me. But what has Africa
to do with dates, and what are these dates? I
have never heard of them." The man stopped;
Pinocchio stopped also. A lady bought some of
the dates, and it happened that one of them fell
to the ground. The marionette picked it up and
handed it to her.
"Thank you," she said with a smile. "Keep it
yourself; you have earned it."
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The man with the cart went on. "Dates!
dates! fresh dates! sweet dates! real African dates!"
Pinocchio looked after him for a time and then
put the date into his mouth. Great Caesar! How
delicious! Never before had he tasted anything
so sweet. The orange peel was nothing compared
with this! What the circus people had told him,
then, was really true!
"To Africa I go," he said, "even if I break a
leg. What do I care about the Red Sea, the
Yellow Sea, the Green, or any other sea? I will
go!"
And the rascal, forgetting his home and his
father, who at that very moment was waiting to
give him his breakfast, set out toward the sea.
As he neared the water he heard a voice call,
' ' Pinocchio ! Pinocchio ! ' '
The marionette stopped and looked around, but
seeing no one, he went on.
"Pinocchio! Pinocchio! Be careful! You know
not what you do!"
"Farewell and many thanks," answered the
stubborn marionette, and forthwith stepped into
the sea.
"The water is like ice this morning. No wonder
it makes me feel cold; but I know how to get rid
of a chill. A good swim, and I am as warm as
PINOCCHIO IN AFRICA
ever." Out shot his arms and he plunged into
the water. The journey to Africa had begun.
At noon he still swam on. It grew dark and
on he swam. Later the moon arose and grinned
at him. He kept on swimming, without a sign of
fatigue, of hunger, or of sleepiness. A marionette
can do things that would tire a real boy, and to
Pinocchio swimming was no task at all.
CHAPTER X
PINOCCHIO LANDS ON A ROCK
THE moon grinned again and disappeared be-
hind a cloud. The night grew dark. Pinocchio
continued to swim through the black waters. He
could see nothing ahead. He swam, swam, swam
into the dark. Suddenly he felt something scrape
his body, and he gave a start.
"Who goes there?" he cried. No one answered.
" Perhaps it is my old .friend the shark, who has
recognized me," thought he; and he rapidly swam
on to get away from the spot which reminded him
of that terrible monster.
He had not gone more than fifty yards when
his head ran against something rough and hard.
"Oh!" cried the marionette, and he raised his
hand to the injured part.
Then, as he noticed a large rock standing out
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of the water, he cried joyously: "I have arrived!
I am in Africa!"
He got up on his feet and began to feel of him-
self all over, — his ribs, his stomach, his legs.
Everything was in order.
" No thing broken!" he said. "The rocks on the
way have been very kind. However, I hope that
day will break soon, for I have no matches, and
it seems to me that I am very hungry."
Then he began to move on carefully. First he
put down one foot and then the other, and thus
crept along till he found a comfortable spot. "I
seem to be very tired and sleepy also," he said.
With that, he lay down and went off into a
deep slumber.
When he awoke it was daylight. The sun shone
red and hot. There was nothing to be seen but
rocks and water.
"Is this Africa?" said the marionette, greatly
troubled. "Even at dawn it seems to be very
warm. When the sun gets a little higher I am
likely to be baked." And he wiped the sweat
from his brow on his coat sleeve. Presently clouds
began to rise out of the water. They grew darker
and darker, and the day, instead of being bright,
gradually became gloomy and overcast.
The sun disappeared.
PINOCCHIO LANDS ON A ROCK
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"This is funny!" said Pinocchio. "What jokes
the sun plays in these parts! It shines for a while
and then disappears."
Poor marionette! It did not occur to him at
first that he had slept the whole day, and that
instead of the rising he saw the setting of the sun.
CHAPTER XI
THE FIRST NIGHT IN AFRICA
"AND now I must pass another night here alone
on these bare rocks!" he thought.
The unhappy marionette began to tremble. He
tried to walk, but the night was so dark that it
was impossible to see where to go. The tears
rolled down his wooden cheeks. He thought of
his disobedience and of his stubbornness. He re-
membered the warnings his father had given him,
the advice of his teacher, and the kindly words
of the good Fairy. He remembered the promises
he had made to be good, obedient, and studious.
How happy he had been! He recalled the day
when his father's face beamed with pleasure at
his progress. He saw the happy smile with which
his protecting Fairy greeted him. His tears fell
fast, and sobs rent his heart.
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"If I should die, here in this gloomy place!
If I should die of weariness, of hunger, of fear!
To die a marionette without having had the hap-
piness of becoming a real boy!"
He wept bitterly, and yet his troubles had
scarcely begun. Even while his tears were flowing
down his cheeks and into the dark water, he heard
prolonged howls. At the same time he saw lights
moving to and fro, as if driven by the wind.
"What in the world is this? Who is carrying
those lanterns? " asked Pinocchio, continuing to sob.
As if in answer to his questions, two lights came
down the rocky coast and drew nearer to him.
Along with the lights came the howls, which
sounded like those he had heard at the circus,
only more natural and terrible.
"I hope this will end well," the marionette said
to himself, "but I have some doubt about it."
He threw himself on the ground and tried to
hide between the rocks. A minute later and he
felt a warm breath on his face. There stood the
shadowy form of a hyena, its open mouth ready
to devour the marionette at one gulp.
"I am done for!" and Pinocchio shut his eyes
and gave a last thought to his dear father and
his beloved Fatina. But the beast, after sniffing
at him once or twice from head to foot, burst
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into a loud, howling laugh and walked away. He
had no appetite for wooden boys.
"May you never return! " said Pinocchio, raising
his head a little and straining his eyes to pierce
the darkness about him. "Oh, if there were only
a tree, or a wall, or anything to climb up on!"
The marionette was right in wishing for some-
thing to keep him far above the ground. During
the whole night these visitors were coming and
going. They came around him howling, sniffing,
laughing, mocking. As each one ran off, Pinocchio
would say, "May you never return!" He lay
there shivering in the agony of his terror. If the
night had continued much longer, the poor fellow
would have died of fright. But the dawn came at
last. All these strange night visitors disappeared.
Pinocchio tried to get up. He could not move.
His legs and arms were stiff. A terrible weak-
ness had seized him, and the world swam around
him. Hunger overpowered him. The poor mario-
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nette felt that he should surely die. "How ter-
rible," he thought, "to die of hunger! What
would I not eat! Dry beans and cherry stems
would be delicious." He looked eagerly around,
but there was not even a cricket or a snail in
sight. There was nothing, nothing but rocks!
Suddenly, however, a faint cry came from his
parched throat. Was it possible? A few feet
from him there was something between the rocks
which looked like food. The marionette did not
know what it was. He dragged himself along on
hands and knees, and commenced to eat it. His
nose wished to have nothing to do with it, and
would even have drawn back, but the marionette
said: "It is necessary to accustom yourself to
all things, my friend. One must have patience.
Don't be afraid; if I find any roses, I promise
to gather them for you."
The nose became quiet, the mouth ate, the hun-
ger was satisfied, and when the meal was finished
Pinocchio jumped to his feet and shouted joyously:
"I have had my first meal in Africa. Now I must
begin my search for wealth." He forgot the night,
his father, and Fatina. His only thought was to
get farther away from home.
What an easy thing life is to a wooden mario-
nette!
CHAPTER XII
PINOCCHIO IS WELL RECEIVED
"FIRST of all," he said, " I must go to the nearest
castle I can find. The master will not refuse me
shelter and food. Some soup, a leg of roast
chicken, and a glass of milk will put me in fine
spirits."
The journey across the rocks was full of diffi-
culties, but the marionette overcame them readily,
leaping from rock to rock like a goat. He walked,
walked, walked! The rocks seemed to have no
ending, and the castle, which he imagined he saw
in the distance, appeared to be always farther and
farther away. As the marionette drew nearer,
the towers began to disappear and the walls to
crumble. He walked on broken-hearted. Finally
he sat down in despair and put his head in his
hands. " Farewell, castle! good-by, roast chicken
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and soup!" He was about to weep again when
he saw in the distance a village of great beauty
lying at the foot of a gentle slope.
At the sight he gave a cry of joy and without
a moment's delay set out in that direction. He
leaped over the rocks and bushes, putting to
flight several flocks of birds in his haste. Of
course only a marionette could go as fast as he
did. "How beautiful Africa is!" said he. "If I
had known this I would have come here long ago."
In a short time he reached the main square of
the town. Men, women, and children were loung-
ing about, gossiping, buying, and selling. When
they saw the marionette they gathered around
him, and many began to shout: "It is Pinocchio!
Look, here is Pinocchio! Pinocchio! Pinocchio!"
"Well, this is strange!" said the marionette to
himself. "I am known even in Africa. Surely I
am a great person."
Like most great men, Pinocchio was annoyed at
his noisy reception. In some anger he made his
way through the crowd, pushing people right and
left with his elbows. He ran down a side street
and finally stopped before a restaurant, over
which was the sign printed in huge letters:
MARIONETTES SERVED HERE.
PINOCCHIO IN AFRICA
"This is what I have been looking for," said
Pinocchio, and he went in.
CHAPTER XIII
PINOCCHIO IS ARRESTED
PINOCCHIO found himself facing a man of about
fifty years of age. He was stout and good-natured,
and like all good hosts, asked what the gentleman
would have to eat. Pinocchio, hearing himself
called " gentleman," swelled with pride, and very
gravely gave his order. He was served promptly,
and devoured everything before him in a way
known only to hungry marionettes.
In the meantime the innkeeper eyed his cus-
tomer from head to foot. He addressed Pinocchio
in a very respectful manner, but the marionette
gave only short answers. Persons of rank ate
here, and to appear like one of them he could
not allow himself to waste words on common
folk.
Having finished his meal, the marionette asked
for something to drink.
"What is this drink called?" he asked, as he
put down the glass and thrust his thumb into his
vest pocket after the manner of a gentleman.
"Nectar, your excellency."
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Upon hearing himself called " excellency" Pinoc-
chio fairly lost his head. He felt a strange light-
ness in his feet; indeed, he found it hard work to
resist the temptation to get up and dance. "I
knew that in Africa I should make my fortune,"
he thought, and called for a box of cigarettes.
Having smoked one of these, the brave Pinoc-
chio arose to go out, when his host handed him a
sheet of paper on which was written a row of
figures.
"What is this?" asked the marionette.
"The bill, your excellency; the amount of your
debt for the dinner."
Pinocchio stroked his wooden chin and looked
at the innkeeper in surprise.
"Is there anything astonishing about that, your
excellency? Is it not usual in your country to
pay for what you eat?"
"It is amazing! I do not know what you mean!
What strange custom is this that you speak of?"
"In these parts, your excellency," remarked
the innkeeper, "when one eats, one must pay.
However, if your lordship has no money, and
intends to live at the expense of others, I have a
very good remedy. One minute!"
So saying, the man stepped out of the door,
uttered a curious sound, and then returned.
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Pinocchio lost his courage. He broke down and
began to weep. He begged the man to have
patience. The first piece of gold he found would
pay for the meal. The innkeeper smiled as he
said, "I am sorry, but the thing is done."
"What is done?" asked the marionette.
"I have sent for the police."
"The police!" cried the marionette, shaking
with fear. "The police! Even in Africa there are
policemen? Please, sir, send them back! I do
not want to go to prison."
All this was useless talk. Two black police-
men were already there. Straight toward the
marionette they went and asked his name.
"Pinocchio," he answered in a faint voice.
"What is your business?"
"I am a marionette."
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"Why have you come to Africa?"
"I will tell you," replied Pinocchio. "You
gentlemen must know that my poor father sold
his coat to buy me a spelling book, and as I have
heard that there is plenty of gold and silver in
Africa, I have come here."
"What kind of talk is this?" asked the elder
of the two policemen. "No nonsense! Show us
your papers."
"What papers? I left all I had at school."
The policemen cut short the marionette's words
by taking out their handcuffs and preparing to
lead him away to prison. But the innkeeper
was a good-hearted man, and he was sorry for the
poor blockhead. He begged them to leave Pinoc-
chio in his charge.
"So long as you are satisfied, we are satisfied,"
said the policemen. "If you wish to give away
your food, that is your own affair;" and they went
off without saying another word.
CHAPTER XIV
PINOCCHIO'S FATHER
PINOCCHIO blushed with shame.
"Then you are the marionette Pinocchio?"
Upon hearing himself addressed in this familiar
way, Pinocchio felt a little annoyed, but recalling
the unsettled account, he thought it best to answer
politely that he was Pinocchio.
"I am pleased," continued the man; "I am very
much pleased, because I knew your father."
"You knew my father?" exclaimed the mario-
nette.
"Certainly I knew him! I was a servant in his
house before you were born."
"In my house as a servant? When has father
Geppetto had servants?" asked the marionette,
his eyes wide with surprise.
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"But who said Geppetto? Geppetto is not
your father's name."
"Oh, indeed! Well, then, what is his name?"
"Your father's name is not Geppetto, but
Collodi. A wonderful man, my boy."
Pinocchio understood less and less. It was
strange, he thought, to have come to Africa to
learn the story of his family. He listened with
astonishment to all that the innkeeper said.
"Remember, however, that even if you are not
really the son of the good Geppetto, it does not
follow that you should forget the care he has given
you. What gratitude have you shown him?
You ran away from home without even telling
him. Who knows how unhappy the poor old man
may be! You never will understand what suffer-
ing you cause your parents. Such blockheads as
you are not fit to have parents. They work from
morning till night so that you may want for
nothing, and may grow up to be good and wise
men, useful to yourselves, to your family, and to
your country. What do you do? Nothing! You
are worthless!"
Pinocchio listened very thoughtfully. He had
never expected that in Africa he was to hear so
many disagreeable truths, and he was on the verge
of weeping.
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"For your father's sake you have been let off
easily. From now on you may regard this as
your home. I am not very rich, and I need a boy
to help me. You will do. You may as well
begin to work at once." And he handed the
marionette a large broom.
Pinocchio was vexed at this, but the thought
of the black policemen and the unsettled bill
cooled his anger, and he swept as well as he knew
how. "From a gentleman to a sweeper! What
fine progress I have made!" he thought, as the
tears rolled down his cheeks.
"If my father were to see me now, or my good
Fairy, or my companions at school! What a fine
picture I should make!" And he continued to
sweep and dust.
CHAPTER XV
PINOCCHIO SELLS DRINKING WATER
THE time passed quickly. At the dinner hour
Pinocchio had a great appetite and ate with much
enjoyment. The master praised him highly for
the tidy appearance of the store and urged him
to keep up his good work.
"At the end of twenty years," he said, "you
will have put aside enough to return home, and a
little extra money to spend on poor old Geppetto.
Now that you have eaten, take this leather bag
and fill it with water, which you are to sell about
the city. When you return we shall know how
much you have made."
The bag was soon strapped on his shoulders
and the marionette was shown the door. "Re-
member/' said his master, "a cent a glass!"
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Pinocchio set out down the narrow street. He
walked on, little caring where he went. His
wooden brains were far away. He was grieved.
Had the master known just how the marionette
felt he would have run after him and at least
regained his leather bag.
Pinocchio walked on. He was soon among a
hurrying crowd of people. "Can this be Egypt
in Africa? I have read about it often."
A man, wrapped in a white cloak, touched him
on the shoulder. Pinocchio did not understand,
and started to go on about his business, but the
man took him roughly by the nose. Pinocchio
shrieked. The crowd stopped. At last he dis-
covered that the man wanted water. Pinocchio
placed the bag on the ground. Then he poured
the water into a glass. The man drank, paid,
and went his way.
"What a thirst for water Africans have!"
thought the marionette, as he remembered his
companions of the circus. "I like ices better,
and I am going to try to get one with this penny."
At once he started off, leaving the leather bag
behind.
CHAPTER XVI
A RIDE ON A DOG'S BACK
A CROWD of boys had by this time gathered in
the street. They began, after the manner of boys in
nearly every part of the world, to annoy one who
was clearly a stranger. They did not know Pinoc-
chio, however, nor the force of his feet and elbows.
There came a shower of kicks and punches, and
the boys scattered. Away flew Pinocchio. The
people were astonished to see those tiny legs
fly like the wind. They shouted and ran after
him. Pinocchio resolved not to be caught. He
turned into a side street that led into the open
country. A large dog, stretched out upon the
ground, was in his way. Pinocchio measured the
distance and leaped.
At that very moment the dog sprang up, and
hardly knowing how it happened, Pinocchio found
himself astride his back. Barking furiously, the
animal shot along like a cannon ball. The poor
boy felt sure that he was going to break his neck
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and prayed for safety. On they rushed. The
dog jumped over rocks and ditches as if he had
done nothing in all his life but carry marionettes
on his back.
"Is it possible that he is a horse-dog?" thought
Pinocchio. "If he is, I shall ride him always, and
when I return home I shall present him to my
father. My companions will die of envy when
they see me riding to school like a gentleman. I
shall make him a saddle like those I saw on the
circus horses, and a pair of silver stirrups. A
saddle is really necessary, because it is very uncom-
fortable to ride in this way."
They came to a deep gully and the dog prepared
to make the leap. Pinocchio • muttered to him-
self: "This is the end. If I cross this in safety, I
will surely return home and go to school."
There was a leap, and a plunge into the black,
empty air. When he opened his eyes he found
himself lying at the bottom of a precipice in total
darkness. How long had he been in the air? The
marionette did not know. He remembered only
that while flying down he had heard a familiar
voice call, "Pinocchio! Pinocchio! Pinocchio!"
"Farewell to the world and to Africa," said the
marionette . l ' Wooden marionettes will never learn.
Here I shall stay forever. It serves me right."
CHAPTER XVII
THE CAVE
"!F I get out of this prison alive, it will be the
greatest wonder I have ever known." Pinocchio
sat in the spot where he had fallen. He now began
to suffer from thirst. There had been a great
deal of excitement, and his throat was parched.
He would have given anything for a sip of the
water he had so carelessly left in the middle of
the street only a little while before.
"I don't want to die here," he said. "I must
get up and walk."
So saying, he moved slowly about, groping
with his hands and feet as if he were playing
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blindman's buff. The ground was soft, and the
air seemed fresh. In fact, it was not so bad as
he had at first thought. Only four things worried
him, — darkness, hunger, thirst, and fear. Aside
from these he was safe and sound.
He had gone but a short distance through the
darkness when suddenly he thought he heard a
faint murmur. He saw a gleam of light. The
blood rushed through his veins. He walked on.
The sound became clearer, and the light grew
brighter. At length Pinocchio found himself in a
cave lighted by soft rays. The murmuring sound
was caused by a small stream of water coming
out from a high rock and forming a little water-
fall. Pinocchio rushed toward the rocks, opened
his mouth wide like a funnel, and drank his fill.
"I shall not die of thirst," said the marionette.
''Unfortunately, I am still hungry. What a fate
is mine! Why can we not live without eating?
Some day I am going to find a way. If I succeed,
I shall teach the poor people to live without food
as I do. How happy they will be!" Meanwhile
he looked about for a means of escape. Soon he
discovered the hole that lighted the cave, and
walked out once more under the open sky.
CHAPTER XVIII
THE CARAVAN
HE saw nothing but rocks and sand; rocks that
shone like mirrors, and sand that burned like fire.
He walked on very sadly, without knowing where.
Presently he found himself upon a hill, from which
he could see a vast plain crossed by a wide high-
way.. A long line of people and camels were on
the march, but how strange they looked! They
were going along with heads down and feet up.
At first the marionette was filled with a strong
desire to laugh; then he became frightened and
rubbed his eyes, doubting what they told him.
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"Am I dreaming?" he said to himself.
The line continued its march, and he distinctly
heard the people laugh and joke as they all sat
upside down on the backs of the inverted camels.
"I was not prepared for this! What a strange
way of traveling they have in Africa! Maybe
I too am walking on my head!" and he touched
himself to make sure that his head was in its proper
place.
Meanwhile the caravan passed on, and Pinoc-
chio stood still, his eyes fixed upon the camels
as they disappeared at the turning of the road.
The only thing left for him to do was to follow
them.
"Either on my head or on my feet I shall surely
arrive somewhere ! I do not believe that all those
people will walk on air forever. Sometime or
other they will stop to eat. I shall be there to
help them."
As he spoke the marionette started forward,
walking rapidly in the hot sun.
CHAPTER XIX
THE BABY PULLS HIS NOSE
IN half an hour he had caught up with the topsy-
turvy caravan. It had stopped at a large well,
which was filled with clear, cool water. The
people were laughing and talking as if they were
at home. They were all as happy as they could be.
Pinocchio could not understand it. Had these
people really stood on their heads? What had
happened to them? There was something wrong.
He had certainly seen them traveling in that
strange fashion. However, a marionette who is
hungry and thirsty does not worry long about
things he cannot explain. He was there, and the
people were eating and drinking.
"What a fool I am! If their heads were upside
down, they could neither eat nor drink. Surely
they will not refuse me a little water, and perhaps,
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as they are familiar with Africa, I may discover
in talking with them where the mines of gold
and precious stones are to be found."
So saying, Pinocchio moved toward an old man,
who was sitting with a pipe in his mouth. He had
finished his meal and was enjoying a smoke. The
marionette took off his hat and said, " Pardon me,
sir; what time is it?"
The old man's answer came in a volume of smoke.
"Ask the sun, my boy. He will tell you."
"Thank you!" said Pinocchio, a little taken
aback by this reception, and he moved on toward
a woman with a baby on her shoulders.
"Madam, will you please tell me if I am on the
right road to —
"The world is wide," broke in the woman.
"And long too," thought the marionette. " How
polite these Africans are!"
Of course, the marionette was a stupid fellow.
He was a little ashamed to beg for food, and had
only asked these questions so that the people
might notice him and perhaps offer him food and
water. An ordinary boy would have asked for
what he wanted, but this blockhead was too proud.
He was about to go on when the baby began
to wave its arms, and to shout, "I want it! I
want it!"
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Can you guess what it wanted? Pinocchio's
nose! The child reached out its hands, and cried
and kicked in trying to get hold of it.
The whole caravan looked toward the spot. A
group of children gathered about them. Even the
camels lifted their heads to see what was the matter.
The mother was distressed because the child's
screams and kicks continued. She asked Pinocchio
to let it touch his nose. His pride was hurt, but
thinking it best to humor the child, he went closer
and allowed his nose to be touched and squeezed
and pulled until the baby was perfectly happy and
satisfied. The good woman laughed, and thanked
Pinocchio by offering him some bread and milk.
Pinocchio buried his face in the milk and ate
the bread. There was no doubt of his hunger.
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The others offered him fruit and cake. He was
pleased. Africa, after all, was a country where
one could live. His hunger satisfied, he did what
marionettes usually do, — talked about himself.
In a short time all the people knew who he was,
and why he had come to Africa. The old man
with the pipe asked him, "Who told you that here
in Africa there is so much gold?"
"Who told me? He who knows told me!"
"But are you sure that he did not wish to
deceive you?"
"Deceive we?" replied the marionette. "My
dear sir, to deceive me one must have a good —
and he touched his forehead with his forefinger
as much as to say that within lay a great brain.
"Before leaving home I studied so much that
the teacher feared I should ruin my health."
"Very well," replied the old man, "let us
travel together, for we also are in search of gold
and precious stones."
Pinocchio's heart beat fast with hope. At last
there was some one to help him in his search.
He could scarcely control himself enough to say:
"Willingly, most willingly! I have no objections.
Suit yourselves."
CHAPTER XX
PINOCCHIO TRAVELS WITH THE CARAVAN
THE camels, refreshed by the large amount of
water they had taken, stood up, proud of their
loads. Even the donkey brayed. Yes, there was
a donkey! And this fact displeased Pinocchio.
He had for a long time felt a great dislike for these
animals. In fact, he had once been a donkey, and
his dislike was a natural one.
The donkey did not carry any load, and for
that reason the marionette was asked to ride on
its back. He hesitated. It was stupid to ride
a donkey, and he would have preferred to walk,
but he did not like to seem rude to the good
people, and up he mounted.
They traveled all day along the narrow road
which gradually wound around the slope of a
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mountain. The old man rode by the side of
Pinocchio, asking him many questions about the
studies he had taken up to prepare himself for
this trip to Africa.
The marionette talked a great deal, and as
might have been expected, made many blunders.
He began to think that his companions were very
simple, and that in Africa one could tell any kind
of lie without being discovered. He even went
so far as to assure the old man that he knew the
very spot where they could find gold and diamonds,
and ended by saying that within a week they
should all be men of great wealth.
"You must walk straight ahead," the saucy
marionette was saying, "then to the right, and you
will arrive at the bottom of a valley, through
which flows a beautiful brook of yellow water.
By the side of this brook is a tree, and beneath
the tree there is gold in plenty."
The old man was amazed to hear the tales he
told. Pinocchio himself felt ashamed of all these
lies. He was afraid his nose would grow as it had
done one day at home. But no, it was still its
natural size!
"Well!" he thought, "if it has not grown
longer this time, it will never grow again, no
matter how many lies I tell."
CHAPTER XXI
HE IS OFFERED FOR SALE
THEY went on until they met a second caravan
resting at a well. Every one admired Pinocchio,
and the old man who had him in charge treated
him as if he were his own son.
Pinocchio was greatly pleased. Yet to tell the
truth he was worried. Suppose they discovered
that he had lied, and that he knew nothing about
Africa, or the gold, or the diamonds! What would
happen then?
The old man was talking to three or four men
of the new caravan. Pinocchio did not like their
faces. Now and then they looked toward the
marionette with open eyes of astonishment.
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Pinocchio pricked up his ears to listen to the
good things the old man was saying about him.
He felt highly flattered on hearing himself praised
for his character, his intelligence, and his ability
to eat and drink.
Then the men lowered their voices, and the mario-
nette only now and then caught some stray words.
"How much do you want?"
"Come!" replied the good old man, "between
us there should not be so much talk. I cannot
give him to you unless you give me twenty yards
of English calico, thirty yards of iron wire, and
four strings of glass beads."
"It is too much. It is too much," replied one.
"They are bargaining for the donkey," said
Pinocchio, and he felt sorry for the poor beast.
"I am sorry for you," he went on, addressing
the donkey, "because you have made me quite
comfortable. Now I must give you up and walk."
"It is too much. It is too much," the men
were saying.
"Yes, yes, all you say is very true," spoke one in
a high voice, "-but, after all, he is made of wood."
"Of wood? Who is made of wood? The don-
key?" thought Pinocchio, looking at the animal,
which stood still, its ears erect as if it also were
listening.
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"Here!" put in one of the men, "the bargain
is made if you will give him up for an elephant's
tooth; if not, let us talk no more of it."
The old man was silent. He looked at the
marionette, and then with a sigh which came from
his heart he said: "You drive a hard bargain!
Add at least the horn of a rhinoceros and let us
be done with it."
"Put in the horn!" replied the man, and they
shook hands.
"You have done well, my friends," the old man
said. "That fellow there," — and this time he
pointed directly at Pinocchio, — "that fellow there
has some great ideas in his head. He knows a
thing or two! He says he knows the exact spot
where one may find gold and diamonds."
Pinocchio was thunderstruck! It was he and
not the donkey that had been sold.
"Dogs!" he cried, "farewell. I go from you for-
ever." And away he leaped as fast as the north
wind. They did not even try to follow him.
Who could have caught him?
CHAPTER XXII
THE BIRD IN THE FOREST
AFTER two hours of hard running, Pinocchio,
still angry at the treatment he had received,
came to a forest. "It's better to be a bird in the
bushes than a bird in a cage!" he thought.
Although the walk in the forest was refreshing,
he began, as usual, to be hungry. The place was
very beautiful, but beauty could not satisfy a mari-
onette's appetite. He looked here and there in
the hope that he might see trees loaded with the
fruit about which the elephant man had spoken.
He saw nothing but branches and leaves, leaves
and branches. On he walked. Both the forest
and his hunger seemed without end.
Fortunately Pinocchio was very strong. Being
made of wood, he could endure a great many
hardships. He was sure that his good Fairy
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would come to help him, so he kept on bravely.
He had walked a long way before he saw a large
tree, bearing fruit that resembled oranges.
"At last!" he cried aloud. The birds flew
away at the sound. Pinocchio climbed over the
rocks and up the tree as fast as he could.
"I will eat enough to last for a week!" he said,
as he thought of the orange peel his father Geppetto
had given him for supper.
He picked the largest of the fruit and put it
into his mouth. It was as hard as ivory. He
pulled out his penknife, with which he used to
sharpen his pencil at school. With great difficulty
he cut the fruit in two, to find within only a soft,
bitter pulp. Then he tried another and another.
All were like the first one, and he gave up trying
because he was at length convinced that none of
the fruit was fit to eat.
Tired and unhappy, with bowed head and
dangling arms, he pushed on slowly, stumbling
over rocks, and becoming entangled again and
again in the briers. He thought sadly of the dis-
appointments he had met with in Africa.
"It is settled. I am to die of hunger. Where
are the delicious fruits and the precious stones?
Should I not do better to go home and leave the
gold and silver to those who want them?"
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69
As he went along, thinking over these things, he
noticed ahead of him a bird about the size of a
canary, which looked at him as if it longed to
console him in his misery.
It went on before Pinocchio, flying from one
branch to another, stopping when the marionette
stopped, and moving every time the marionette
moved. Pinocchio said to himself: "Does this
dear little bird wish to be eaten? I'll pluck its
feathers, stick a twig through it, put it in the
sun, and in half an hour it will be cooked and
ready to eat."
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While the hungry marionette was giving himself
up to this thought, the bird began to sing,
" Pinocchio, my dear,
If you would honey eat,
Come closer to me here,
And you will find a treat."
Imagine Pinocchio 's surprise! He approached
the little songster and looked up. Sure enough,
there on a branch of a great tree was a beehive.
One would think that Pinocchio would at least
stop to thank the bird, but not he! Up the tree
he went like a squirrel, while the bees buzzed about
him angrily. The marionette laughed.
" Sting away! sting away, brave bees! I am a
marionette and made of wood. You may sting
me as much as you please." He thrust his hand
into the hive and drew out a handful of sweet
honey.
"This time at least I shall not die of hunger."
CHAPTER XXIII
HIS ADVENTURE WITH A LION
THE marionette was on the point of filling his
mouth a second time, when he heard a frightful
roar directly under his feet. The shock almost
tumbled him down headfirst. Had he fallen, how
unfortunate it would have been! He would have
gone straight into the deep mouth of an African
lion which was ready to devour him at one gulp.
"Oh, mercy!" cried the marionette. And the
lion gave another dreadful roar which seemed to
say: " Mercy indeed! I have you now, you little
thief."
"Dear lion," pleaded Pinocchio, "have pity on
a poor orphan lad who is nearly starving!"
The lion roared still louder. "Who has given
you permission to take what belongs to another
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without having earned it by useful and honest
work? In this world he who does not work must
starve."
"You are right, my dear lion, you are right. I
am ready to pay to the last cent for all the honey
I eat, but please don't seem so angry or I shall die
of fear."
Then the lion stopped roaring, and sitting down
upon the ground, he looked at the marionette as
if to say: "Well, what are you going to do about
it? Are you coming down or not?"
"Listen, my dear lion," answered Pinocchio;
"so long as you stay there, I shall not come down.
If you want me to go away and leave the honey,
remove yourself a hundred miles or so, and then
I will obey you."
The lion did not move.
For almost an hour Pinocchio sat glued to the
tree, not daring to eat the honey or to come down
to the waiting lion. The hot rays of the sun beat
upon him. He felt that he must die, for hunger,
fear, and heat seemed ready to destroy him.
"Surely there must be a way out of this," he
thought. "That lion must have in him some
spark of kindness. He has made up his mind to
keep me company, and perhaps it is my duty
to thank him."
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Then the marionette raised his hand to ask
permission to speak. It would have been better
had he kept still.
At this gesture the lion uttered a roar so loud
that it shook the whole forest. He began to lash
the ground with his tail, sending up a cloud of
dust that nearly choked the marionette, and repeat-
ing all the while in lion language, "If you move
hand or foot, you will die!"
Pinocchio sat still. Another hour passed in
silence. Pinocchio still suffered from the heat
and from hunger. Both honey and shade were
within easy reach, and he could enjoy neither.
"What an obstinate beast!" he muttered.
"How stupid he is to wait there! There is enough
room in the forest for us both."
But the lion did not move, and Pinocchio's
suffering was great. He was sure now that he
was going to die, and he looked sadly at those
wooden legs which had carried him through so
many adventures. There was the shade, but he
could not reach it. There was the honey that must
not be touched.
"Eat! eat!" said the honey. "Come! come!"
said the shade.
Fortunately a new character now arrived on
the scene. A magnificent giraffe came along
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through the bushes, eating the tender shoots as
it approached the spot.
Pinocchio saw the giraffe and recognized it at
once from a picture of one he had seen in school.
The lion saw it also. What should he do? Con-
tinue to watch the marionette, or attack and carry
off the giraffe? He decided to take the giraffe.
As the animal raised its head to bite off the leaves
from a tall acacia, the lion leaped at its throat
and killed it. Seizing the body in his powerful
jaws, the lion disappeared through the forest, and
Pinocchio was left behind to have his fill of honey.
He ate as he had never eaten before.
When he could eat no longer he came down
from the tree, but how strange he felt! His eyes
were dim, and his head began to swim, while his
legs went here and there in every direction. He
could not even talk clearly.
"African honey plays jokes upon those who eat
too much of it!" he seemed to hear some one say.
He turned to see who it was that had spoken to
him, but no one was there. The next moment
he fell heavily to the ground as if he had been
knocked down with a club.
"That is what happens to greedy boys!" con-
tinued the voice of the little bird who had shown
him the honey, but Pinocchio lay fast asleep.
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CHAPTER XXIV
PINOCCHIO IS BROUGHT BEFORE THE KING
PINOCCHIO had slept for hours when he was
aroused by strange sounds. Were these the voices
of human beings?
"Yah! Yah! Hoi! Hoi! Uff! Uff!"
What could it possibly be? The marionette
opened an eye, but quickly shut it again when he
saw a number of coal-black faces turned toward
him.
"What do these ugly people want of me?" he
asked himself, as he lay there perfectly still.
When Pinocchio next opened his eyes he saw
to his great surprise that the men had formed a
circle about him. At their chief's command they
began to dance. It was all so funny that Pinoc-
chio could hardly keep from laughing. Then the
chief made a sign, at which the savages advanced
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toward the marionette, took him up by his arms
and legs, and started away with him.
"This is not so bad," thought the marionette.
After a tune his bearers laid him gently upon
the ground and commenced to examine him.
Pinocchio decided to make believe he was dead.
For that reason he kept his eyes shut tightly
and lay still.
Suddenly there was a great noise. He was
startled. Opening one eye, he saw approaching a
chief followed by a crowd of attendants. Judging
from the manner in which the new arrivals were
received, they were persons of high rank. At
their approach the savages knelt down, raised
their hands high in the air, and bent their fore-
heads to the ground.
A man stepped out from the ranks and came
toward Pinocchio. He examined the marionette
from head to foot, while all the others looked on
in silence.
When the examination was over the marionette
hoped to be left in peace, but another approached
him and went through the same performance.
Then came a third, a fourth, a fifth, and so on.
Pinocchio was somewhat tired of this. As the
last one came up he muttered, "Now I shall see
what they are going to do with me."
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The man who had first examined Pinocchio
now approached him again, and calling the bearers,
said, in a tongue which, curiously enough, the
marionette understood, "Turn the little animal
over!"
Upon hearing himself called an animal, Pinoc-
chio was seized with a mad desire to give his
tormentor a kick, but he thought better of it.
The bearers advanced, took the marionette by
the shoulders, and rolled him over.
"Easy! easy! this bed is not too soft," Pinoc-
chio said to himself.
A second examination followed, and then an-
other command, "Roll him over again!"
"What do you take me for, — a top?" muttered
the marionette in a burst of rage. But he pricked
up his ears when the man who had been rolling him
over turned to another and said, "Your majesty!"
"Indeed!" thought Pinocchio, "we are not de'al-
ing with ordinary persons! We are beginning to
know great people. Let me hear what he has to
say about me to his black majesty," and the mario-
nette listened with the deepest attention.
"Your majesty, my knowledge of the noble art
of cooking assures me that this creature" —and
he gave Pinocchio a kick — "is an animal of an
extinct race. It has been turned into wood, carried
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by the water to the beach, and then brought here
by the wind."
"Not so bad for a cook/' thought Pinocchio.
He felt half inclined to strike out and hit the nose
of the wise savage, who had again knelt down to
examine him.
"Your majesty," continued the cook, "this
little animal is dead, because if it were not
dead — "
"It would be alive," Pinocchio muttered.
"What a beast! How stupid!"
"Because if it were not dead, it would not be
so hard. To conclude, had it not been made of
wood, I could have cooked it. for your majesty's
dinner."
Pinocchio said to himself: "Listen to this black
rascal! Eaten alive! What kind of country have
I fallen into? What vulgar people! It's lucky
for me that I am made of wood!"
His majesty then commanded that as the animal
was not good to eat it should be buried.
Immediately three or four of the men began to
dig a hole, while the unfortunate marionette, half
dead with fright, tried to form some plan of escape.
The time passed. The hole was dug, and the
poor fellow could not think of any plan. Run
away! But how? And if they found out that
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he was alive would he not be cooked and eaten?
The marionette did not know what to do.
In the meantime two men had raised him from
the ground and stood ready to throw him into the
hole. Then, in spite of himself, the marionette
began to shout at the top of his lungs: "Stop!
Stop! I will not be buried alive! Help! Help!
My good Fatina ! — Fatina ! — my Fatina ! Help ! ' '
At the first shout the two men who were hold-
ing him let him fall to the ground and started off
in a great fright. All the others followed their
example.
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"What funny people!" said Pinocchio. "If I
had known that they would all run away like this,
I should not have been so uneasy. However, I
really do not know why I have come here. If
I only knew where to find diamonds and gold, it
would not be so hard. I might return home to
my father, for who knows how much he is suffer-
ing because I am not there!"
At that moment he would have given up the
whole trip, but he was too stupid to keep an
idea in his head for more than a few seconds.
Another thought flashed across his mind, and he
forgot his poor father.
"If these people run away, it means that they
are afraid, and if they are afraid, it means that
they have no courage. Now then, I, being very
brave, may in a short time come to rule over every-
thing in Africa. Perhaps — who knows? — I may
become a king or an emperor!"
Pinocchio, you lazy dreamer, are you never
going to learn wisdom? Only a blockhead like
you could be so foolish. A wooden emperor,
indeed !
CHAPTER XXV
THE MONKEYS STONE THE MARIONETTE
FILLED with these hopes and forgetting his
fright, Pinocchio set boldly forth without the least
alarm at the difficulties of the journey. He was
going merrily along, dreaming of all the great
things he would do as emperor of Africa, when
at a turn in the road there came flying after
him a volley of stones. Had any struck him he
would have been killed. Astonished and fright-
ened at this strange turn of affairs, he glanced
around, but saw no one. He looked up at the
trees, and then from right to left, but nobody was
in sight.
"This is pleasant!" exclaimed the marionette.
"Have those pebbles fallen from the sky?" And
he started to go on his way.
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He had taken only a few steps, when a second
discharge drove him to the shelter of a large tree.
Thence he looked carefully in the direction from
which the stones continued to come. To his sur-
prise he discovered among the bushes and twigs
a large number of monkeys.
"Well! What is this?" cried the marionette.
" Those rogues must not be allowed to play such
mean tricks. I had better be on my guard."
He picked up a stout stick lying on the ground
near by. To his amazement, the monkeys threw
away the stones and began to pick up sticks like-
wise.
"I hope I shall get through this safely!" thought
Pinocchio. He raised his stick and threatened
the whole army of monkeys.
The monkeys, as if obeying his command, raised
their sticks and held them erect, imitating exactly
the action of the marionette. Then Pinocchio
lowered his stick, and the monkeys lowered theirs.
Again Pinocchio lifted his stick as high as he could,
and the monkeys raised theirs, holding them stiffly
like soldiers on drill.
"Arms rest!" cried Pinocchio.
All the monkeys, imitating the marionette,
lowered their sticks in perfect order, just as soldiers
do at the officer's command.
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"That's a good idea," thought Pinocchio. "I
might become the leader of the monkeys, and
within a month conquer all Africa." And he
laughed at the joke.
The monkeys looked straight at him, standing
erect and in line waiting for further orders.
"Ah! you wish to follow me!" said the mari-
onette. "This might suit your taste, but not
mine, thank you! I will give you marching or-
ders. Then I shall be left in peace."
Accordingly Pinocchio, who was determined to
get away from these annoying beasts, moved two
steps forward. The monkeys advanced two steps
also. Then he took three steps to the rear, and
the monkeys went back three steps.
"At — tention!" and facing about quickly, he
started to run. All the monkeys also turned,
and began to run in the direction opposite to that
taken by the marionette. Pinocchio, laughing at
his own cunning, went his way, only now and then
turning to watch the dark forms as they disap-
peared in the distance.
"They all run away in this country," he said
to himself, and he too ran on, fearing that the
worthy beasts would return for further orders.
CHAPTER XXVI
PINOCCHIO DREAMS AGAIN
"!F these people are such cowards that they
run at the sound of my voice, in a few days I shall
be master of all Africa. I shall be a great man.
However, this is a country of hunger and thirst
and fatigue. I must find a place where I can rest
a little before I begin my career of conquest."
Fortune now seemed to favor Pinocchio. Not
far off he thought he saw a group of huts at the
foot of a hill. He felt that besides getting rest
and shelter, he might also find something to eat.
Greedy marionette!
As he approached he was struck by the strange-
ness of these buildings. They looked like little
towers topped with domes. He went along won-
dering what race of people lived in houses built
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without windows or doors. He saw no one, and
he was filled with a sort of fear.
" Shall I go on or not?" he mused. " Perhaps
it would be best to call out. Some one will show
me where to go for food and shelter."
"Hello there!" he said in a low voice. No
one answered.
" Hello there!" repeated the marionette a
little louder. But there was no answer.
"They are deaf, or asleep, or dead!" concluded
the marionette, after calling out at the top of his
voice again and again.
Then he thought it might be a deserted village,
and he entered bravely between the towers. There
was no one to be seen. As he stretched out his
tired limbs on the ground he murmured, "Since it
is useless to think of eating, I may at least rest."
And in a few minutes he was sound asleep.
He dreamed that he was being pulled along by
an army of small insects that resembled ants.
It seemed to him that he was making every effort
to stop them, but he could not succeed. They
dragged and rolled him down a slope toward a
frightful precipice, over which he must fall. It
even seemed as if they had entered his mouth by
hundreds, busying themselves in tearing out his
tongue. It served him right, too, because his
PINOCCHIO DREAMS AGAIN
tongue had made many false promises and caused
everybody much suffering.
"You will never tell any more lies!" the ants
seemed to say.
Then the marionette awoke with a struggle and
a cry of fear. His dream was a reality. He was
covered with ants. He brushed them off his face,
his arms, his legs, — in short, his whole body.
They had tortured him for four or five hours, and
only the fact that he was made of very hard
wood had saved his life.
"Thanks to my strong constitution," thought
the marionette, "I am as good as new."
CHAPTER XXVII
PINOCCHIO IS CARRIED AWAY IN AN EGGSHELL
PINOCCHIO now found himself in a dense growth
of shrubbery which made his progress difficult. He
pushed on among the thorny plants. They would
have stopped any one but a wooden marionette.
His clothes were torn, to be sure, but he did not
mind that.
"Soon I shall have a suit that will make me
look like a prince. Goods of the best quality,
and tailoring that has never been equaled! The
gold, the silver, and the diamonds must be found."
And he went on at a brisk gait as if he had been
on the highway.
Trees, shrubs, underbrush, — nothing else ! The
scene would have grown tiresome had it not been
for a swarm of butterflies of the most beautiful
and brilliant colors. They flew here and there,
now letting themselves be carried by the wind,
now hovering about in search of the flowers hidden
in the thick foliage.
From time to time a hare would run between
Pinocchio's feet, and after a few bounds would
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turn sharply around to stare at him with curious
eyes, as much as to say that a marionette was a
comical sight. Young monkeys peeped through
the leaves, laughed at him, and then scampered
away.
Pinocchio walked along fearlessly, caring little
for what went on around him, and thinking only
of the treasures for which he was seeking.
On and on he walked until at length he found
himself at the edge of a vast plain. He gave a
great sigh of relief. The long march through the
woods had tired him. However, he kept his eyes
open, now and then looking down at his feet to
see if any precious stones were lying about.
Presently his attention was drawn to a great
hole or nest, in which he saw some white objects
shaped like hen's eggs, but considerably larger
than his head.
Curious to see whether or not he could lift
one, Pinocchio approached the nest. Just then
he heard a frightful noise behind him.
Turning quickly, the marionette saw a huge
bird running toward him. The next moment a
powerful push sent him head over heels upon one
of the eggs! As he fell he heard a loud crash, and
at almost the same instant found himself carried
through the air. What had befallen him?
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Of course, the hole was the nest of an ostrich.
Enraged at the sight of the broken egg, the
fierce bird had seized in its powerful beak that
part of the shell into which the unfortunate
marionette had fallen, and was now rushing
across the plain with the swiftness of an express
train.
The marionette screamed in terror, and with
the stick which he still held in his hand rained
blows upon the bird's long neck. But the blows
had no effect whatever. The furious creature
ran and ran and ran. Pinocchio, gasping for
breath, was certain that his end was near.
The mad race lasted for hours. Suddenly the
marionette was thrown into a muddy pool, in
which he sank up to his neck like a frog. Hav-
ing no desire to be suffocated in the mud, he
raised his head a little, although he did not try
to climb out. What he saw surprised him beyond
measure.
CHAPTER XXVIII
PINOCCHIO ESCAPES AGAIN
His ostrich was no longer alone. There stood
another. The new arrival, somewhat smaller, but
uglier and even more ferocious than the first,
moved cautiously, ready for fight. Suddenly
Pinocchio saw the gleam of a knife, and an instant
later the ostrich that had carried him thus far
fell to the ground, wounded to death. The
marionette could not understand how it was
possible for a bird to carry a knife hidden beneath
its wings and to make use of it. Yet the thing
had happened right before his eyes; there was no
doubt about it.
While seeking an explanation for this very strange
incident, he saw the victorious ostrich draw first
one arm, then the other, from beneath its feathers,
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and finally take off its beak and place it upon the
ground. The second ostrich was a man.
Pinocchio now began to understand what had
happened, and to hate the trickster who had put
on the feathers of an ostrich, in order to attack
and kill the poor creature that lay there breath-
ing its last.
The man approached the dying ostrich and tried
to lift the huge bird to his shoulders, but in spite
of his great strength he failed. Then, looking
about in search of help, he saw the marionette,
whose head was out of the water, and signaled to
him to come ashore. Pinocchio would have re-
fused, but there was the knife lying on the ground,
and there was the man. He decided to obey.
He came out of the pond as best he could, and
the ugly black man began to laugh. He laughed
and laughed until he was able to stand no longer,
and could only throw himself upon the ground,
where he lay, breathless and weak. The mari-
onette, seeing this, said to himself: "If I do not
escape now, it will be my own fault. My dear
legs, it is no dishonor to run when you must!"
and he went on at a gallop toward a hill which
could be seen a short distance away.
"May you die of laughing, you villain!" he
cried as he ran.
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Presently he was somewhat alarmed to discover
that the man was running after him. Feeling
sure, however, that he could easily outrun his pur-
suer, he halted a moment, as if waiting for him.
The man was hurrying on, thinking that the boy
could go no farther, when the saucy marionette,
putting his hand to his mouth, shouted " Cuckoo!"
Then at a pace swifter than the wind he set off
once more, pausing now and again to call out,
" Cuckoo! Cuckoo!"
Pinocchio had nearly reached the top of the hill,
and the man was halfway up, when a loud roar
made them both stop. Turning around, they saw
that a lion was carrying off the dead ostrich. At
that, the hunter thrust his ringers into his curly
hair, and without paying further attention to the
marionette, started off to regain the knife, which
was still lying where it had fallen.
"Tit for tat," Pinocchio shouted after him, and
went on up the hill.
CHAPTER XXIX
PINOCCHIO IS SWALLOWED BY A CROCODILE
WHEN Pinocchio reached the top of the hill
he looked around for a place where he could rest.
He thought of the lion that had carried off the
ostrich, and he did not like the idea of meeting
him. Fortunately there were no signs of life,
but neither was there any place where he could sit
down in comfort. Sand and rocks, rocks and sand
were everywhere. In the distance he saw water.
"At any rate," he said, "I shall at least be able
to wash myself;" and he turned his footsteps
toward the water.
He arrived before long at the water's edge.
How fresh and clean it was! He was so dusty
and tired that there was only one thing to do, -
take a bath! When Pinocchio decided upon a
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course of action he did not hesitate. In an
instant he was undressed.
As he started toward the water a voice cried,
' ' Pinocchio ! Pinocchio ! ' '
"Oh, let Pinocchio alone!" the marionette said,
and leaped into the air.
Horrors! As he came flying down, a green
mass rose to the surface of the river. It was a
crocodile! Pinocchio saw it and shuddered, but
there was no time to cry out. Down, down he
went into that open mouth! But wooden mari-
onettes are always fortunate. The crocodile's
throat was so wide that Pinocchio slipped into the
stomach of the creature with great ease. Not
even a scratch! As he was accustomed to being
under water and inside the bodies of animals, he
was not at all frightened. In fact, when he
noticed that he was being carried down to the
bottom of the river, where it was cool and
refreshing, he uttered no word of complaint, but
rather enjoyed the experience.
The crocodile crawled in to a cave, and prepared
to digest the marionette at its leisure. Pinocchio
was naturally annoyed at this and began to kick
and squirm about.
At first this did not seem to cause any ill effects,
but Pinocchio kicked and struggled until the poor
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reptile could not help wondering what the trouble
was, and began to twist and shake its whole body.
Pinocchio did not stop. Presently the crocodile
decided to return to the surface and deposit the
marionette upon the bank. Pinocchio desired
nothing better. As soon as he saw a ray of light
he became very quiet. The crocodile, now that
the trouble seemed over, was about to return to
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its cave, but it had made this plan without con-
sulting our wooden marionette.
" Suppose I let the beast carry me a short dis-
tance! I can make it throw me upon the bank
later as well as now! It may carry me to some
place where — enough, I. am going to try it!
A green ship, without sails, without engines, and
without a crew, is not to be found every day.
Boo! boo! boo!" muttered the marionette.
The crocodile, frightened at the strange noises
inside its body, began to swim with all its strength.
It swam and swam and swam! When it slowed
up the marionette continued, "Boo! boo! boo!"
and the crocodile went on faster than ever.
The poor creature became thoroughly exhausted,
and fairly wept with anger and fright, but the
strange voice went on without ceasing.
At last, growing desperate, the crocodile stopped,
opened its huge jaws, and with a great effort sent
the marionette flying through the air to the bank
of the river; then it disappeared in the deep water.
" Pleasant trip home! Remember me to every-
body!" cried Pinocchio as he leaped about joyously.
CHAPTER XXX
PINOCCHIO IS MADE EMPEROR
/ FINDING himself without any clothes, the mari-
onette began to think of his condition. To go
back and search for his suit was out of the question.
To go about in that state did not seem proper,
although he knew that the Africans in general
were dressed in the same fashion.
Finally he decided to make himself a suit of
leaves. There were some beautiful ones near by
that were just suited to the purpose. He knew
how to go to work, for at home he had often
made clothes out of shavings and twigs. He set
about his task at once and in a short time had
made a garment that reached from his waist down
to his knees. He was busy selecting the leaves
for a coat when he happened to raise his eyes, and
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saw a crowd of men and women rushing about
as if either very happy or frantic with terror.
" Luna tics!" he murmured, and went on with his
work, for he disliked to be seen half-dressed. All
at once the marionette heard a hissing, humming
sound. A cloud of arrows fell around him. He
was amazed and terrified, not by the arrows, — for
what harm could arrows do to him? — but by the
idea that this meant more trouble for Pinocchio.
"So long as they shoot, I fear nothing; but if
they try to capture me, I may have to jump into
the river and take to my green ship."
The arrows continued to fall like hailstones on
his shoulders, on his breast, on his arms and legs;
but of course they dropped to the ground without
doing any harm. The natives were astonished.
They looked at one another in blank surprise.
Pinocchio, weary of the game, turned in anger
toward them and shouted: "Give up shooting,
stupid ones! Do you not see that you are wast-
ing your time?"
They had already perceived that this was true,
and they stopped shooting. A group braver
than the rest now approached the marionette and
surrounded him. One of them shouted, "Hoi!
Hoi! Hoi!"
"Pinocchio!" answered the marionette.
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"Yah! Yah! Yah!"
"Pinocchio!" the boy repeated. "Are you
deaf?"
Then they began to shout in chorus: "Yah!
Yah! Hoi! Hoi! Uff! Uff! Uff!"
And Pinocchio replied: "Yah! Yah! Hoi! Hoi!
Uff! Uff! Uff!"
This conversation soon began to be wearisome,
and Pinocchio tried to escape. It was too late.
The Africans, quick as a flash, closed in about him
and, seizing him by the legs, raised him from the
ground, shouting: "Long live our emperor, Pinoc-
chio the First! Long live our emperor, Pinocchio!"
Pinocchio had never dreamed of such a welcome.
"Long live Pinocchio!"
"Ah! at last! I knew that in Africa my great-
ness would be recognized. Now I shall be revenged
on you, my dear restaurant-keeper, and on you, dear
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policemen, who wanted to arrest me. Old man, you
who wanted to sell me for a rhinoceros horn, now
it is my turn!" Thus thought Pinocchio.
This was his first triumph. Flocking like ra-
vens, his African subjects came to render homage
to the new emperor, who was carried aloft
on willing shoulders. As he passed, all bowed
to the ground and then followed in his train.
Such a multitude joined the procession that it
looked, from a distance, like a vast blot of ink.
They went along singing the praises of Pinocchio
the First, Emperor and King of all the African
kings, sent from heaven to earth to replace the
late emperor, who had died the preceding day.
As they marched a great chorus chanted: "He
was to come forth from the mouth of a croco-
dile! He was to remain unharmed by poisoned
arrows! He was to have a wooden head! Long
live our emperor, Pinocchio the First! Hurrah!
hurrah! hurrah!"
"They shot poisoned arrows at me!" thought
the marionette. "That is the way they treated
their future king. Lucky for me that I am made
of wood, — very hard wood too ! How fortunate
that I came to Africa as a marionette! If I had
been a real boy, there would be little to say about
Pinocchio now."
CHAPTER XXXI
HIS FIRST NIGHT AS EMPEROR
PINOCCHIO, his heart filled with joy, entered
the capital of his new empire amid the shouts of
the people who crowded the streets. The chil-
dren, rolling on the ground in glee, raised such a
dust that one could scarcely see.
Forward, forward, they marched through the
streets until the main square was reached. The
city was not a large city. Pinocchio was a little
disappointed. The houses were only huts plas-
tered with mud. The streets and even the main
square were dirty.
"I will change all that," Pinocchio gravely
said to himself. "I will build a new city." To
the marionette such a task appeared to be an easy
matter.
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In a corner of the square stood a hut somewhat
larger than the others. This was the royal palace.
Pinocchio was not pleased. The king of all
Africa should have something far better than this.
However, he thought it would not do, just at this
time, to utter any words of complaint.
In the huts about the palace lived the people
of the court. These were the advisers and the
leaders, who stood ready to carry out the com-
mands of his majesty.
Like many another in such a situation, Pinoc-
chio did nothing but bow his head in agreement
with everything that was said to him. This
greatly pleased the people of the court and gained
for him their admiration and applause. They
called him Pinocchio the Wise!
Night came and all the people withdrew. The
emperor was left alone with his servant, a gigan-
tic African, who invited his majesty to pass into
the royal bedchamber.
The furniture was as simple as the palace itself.
A string, stretched across the room, served as a
clothes-hanger. The bed was a leopard's skin that
swung from four poles. Having displayed with
pride these equipments, the servant pointed to a
frying pan, which was to be struck with a wooden
mallet in case his majesty desired to call the
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attendants. He then withdrew from the cham-
ber, bowing as he went out.
X^Apparently they do not eat here," said the
marionette. " Maybe these people think that
an emperor is never hungry! However, night
passes quickly." Then he undressed himself and
lay down. He was quite tired out, and he felt
sure that in a few moments he should be fast
asleep. But soon he began to roll and toss about
uneasily. The bed was hard and uncomfortable.
He opened his eyes. There was a spider crawling
over him, and he shivered. Other spiders, as large
as crabs, were creeping quietly over the ground
and the walls as if this was their home and not the.
king's!
There was one spider twice as large as the others.
Surely he was the head of that large family. He
fixed his fiery eyes upon the marionette and spoke
in the voice of the Talking Cricket: " Where have
you come from — fool that you are? What do
you think you have gained by becoming the em-
peror of these people? Return to your home, and
be content to be a boy like the rest, and to learn a
trade by which you may help your father and be
happy yourself."
Upon hearing these familiar words the mario-
nette wanted to beat the pan and call for help,
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but, he reflected, this would show that he lacked
courage and might lower him in the eyes of his
subjects. So he endured his fate, thinking: "A
night soon passes. To-morrow night I will have
a sentinel on guard." And he drew himself up,
mallet in hand, ready to fight the spiders if
they came too near him. All was still, and
Pinocchio tried a second time to close his eyes in
sleep.
"Buzz! buzz! buzz!"
The place swarmed with flies.
" Zz / zz I zeeee r zeeee , zmm , zmmm ! ' '
Out in the night frogs croaked, birds cried, wild
animals howled.
"What a place to sleep in!" whined the poor
emperor, flinging himself about on his hard bed.
Then he thought of his own small cot, neat and
clean, in which he had so often peacefully slept
and dreamed pleasant dreams. It will not seem
strange that Pinocchio wished that he were at
home again, instead of being a king in Africa.
Pinocchio the First, Emperor and King of all
the African kings, passed a very wretched night.
He felt hot and feverish, and he was afraid that
he was going to die before morning came.
CHAPTER XXXII
HE SENDS FOR THE ROYAL DOCTOR
PINOCCHIO presently became very anxious about
his health. He was sure that the night's troubles
had brought on a high fever, and this, of course,
would keep him from attending to affairs of
state. At dawn, therefore, Pinocchio the First
rapped the pan and sent for the doctor of the
court. He was an old man, with a long white
beard. Having listened to the emperor's lament,
the doctor drew out a string of beads from his
breast, threw them on the floor, and examined
them closely, all the time murmuring strange
words. Then he began to count the beads. At
the end of a quarter of an hour he said that his
royal majesty was in excellent health and need
not worry.
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The marionette's rage knew no bounds, but it
would not do to complain at the very beginning of
his career. He thanked the worthy doctor there-
fore, and dismissed him with a polite nod of the
head. Then he again rapped furiously on the
pan. There promptly appeared eight or ten
servants, who first knelt down at the foot of
the imperial bed, and then advancing with
every sign of respect, raised his majesty gently,
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and placed him upon a panther's skin that was
stretched upon the floor.
Pinocchio allowed them to proceed, until they
began to cover his body with oil. At this, he
asked why they anointed him in such a manner.
"To make you clean, your majesty," answered
the servants, very respectfully.
"Fine cleaning!" thought the marionette.
"How are my face and hands to get washed this
morning? Never mind. Let us see what comes
next."
This first operation ended, Pinocchio the First
was made to sit cross-legged to have his hair
combed. His attendants covered his hair with a
purple cream and then sprinkled over it a golden
powder.
Pinocchio's joy upon seeing that glittering sub-
stance knew no bounds, but he overheard one of
the servants say in a melancholy undertone:
"What a pity his majesty has not a black com-
plexion such as we have! What a pity! What
a pity!"
The marionette was moved to the bottom of
his heart, and he was about to say, "You may
be sure, my dear subjects, I shall do the best
I can to become black," when he heard foot-
steps approach.
CHAPTER XXXIII
AN OLD STORY
THE grand chamberlain was announced.
This grave person had come to inquire about
his majesty's health, and at the same time to
notify him that the council had fixed the day
for the coronation.
Pinocchio the First listened and approved.
The grand chamberlain, very much pleased with
his reception, made a deep bow, and was apparently
about to retire, when, as if he had forgotten some-
thing important, he approached the emperor again
and said with great respect, "Your majesty, in
the name of the council I must announce to you
that to-morrow the lessons begin."
"What lessons?" said the marionette, feeling
a chill creep down his back.
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"Ah! I will explain," the chamberlain replied
meekly. "The things that your majesty must do
to straighten out the affairs of state are very
simple. Only two words are needed, 'Yes' and
'No!' But to say 'Yes' or 'No' at the proper
time requires at least one month of instruction.
To make sure that you learn, there will be, twice
each day, a punishment of ten lashes of the whip, to
be given your majesty -on whatever part of the
body you may desire. However, in view of the
present wisdom of your majesty, the council has
agreed that the lessons and the lashings may be
delayed till the end of the month, if your majesty
so decides."
Pinocchio had listened gloomily until he heard
the last words, and then he came near laughing
outright. He kept his face very serious, however,
and bowed his head as if in deep thought. After
a long silence he said, "I have decided 'to leave
the lessons till the end of the month."
The grand chamberlain made a profound bow
and went out.
The servants went away also, and Pinocchio,
finding himself alone, jumped about in great glee.
"Compulsory fiddlesticks! What blockheads
they were to think that I was going to start
to-day ! At the end of the month, perhaps ! There
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are still thirty days, and in thirty days what may
not happen?" And he looked about quite satis-
fied with himself. He was sure that everything
would go well during his stay in Africa.
"If they sprinkled my hair with gold, they will
fill my pockets with money," he thought. And
then to his surprise he found that the suit they had
put on him had no pockets.
"I shall make pockets as soon as I have time,"
he said, and striking the pan, ordered the servants
to bring in his breakfast.
CHAPTER XXXIV
HIS DUTIES AS EMPEROR
PINOCCHIO was served with a piece of elephant's
nose, cooked in a highly seasoned sauce. How he
twisted his face and ground his teeth! Evidently
the meal was not to his liking. He would have
preferred some fish, some grapes, and a dozen figs,
but he was ashamed to ask for these dainties. He
gulped down the food as best he could, and drank
from a gourd a great deal of water; then he felt
more comfortable.
His ministers had been waiting some time, and
Pinocchio did not think it wise to prolong his
first meal. With a truly stately stride he entered
the audience chamber.
Pinocchio the First, Emperor and King of all
Africa, felt it to be his first duty to express his
gratitude for the magnificent reception that had
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been given to him. The ministers made an
equally polite response.
Persons of rank now came to pay homage to
the new king. Among them were great chiefs
of tribes, princes, and kings of the neighboring
states. Pinocchio received them all with much
pomp. This sort of thing was at first very pleas-
ing to him. But day after day the visitors and the
feasts continued. As Pinocchio was the host, he
had to eat with all these newcomers. He became
very stout, and his jaws ached from so much
chewing. Eating was becoming a burden to him.
He even longed for the days when he had gone
hungry. However, one must take things as they
come and be ready to suffer for the good of one's
country.
One day there came to the court three kings,
the most powerful within a range of a thousand
miles. The first was clad in a white skirt, and
a military coat which he had bought from an
English captain. He came with his head un-
covered and a high hat in his hand. The second
wore an old helmet on the back of his head. The
third carried a clumsy sword in one hand and in
the other a broken umbrella.
They bowed to the ground very respectfully, and
then each in turn slapped Pinocchio in the face.
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The marionette, who did not expect this sort
of greeting, was about to express his anger, when
the master of ceremonies whispered in his ear
that such a greeting was given only to great
people.
" When in Rome, do as the Romans do," thought
Pinocchio, and he smiled at the visitors.
Dinner was then announced. Pinocchio felt
sick at the thought of eating again. It was the
fifth time that day, and the sun was still high in
the sky, but of course it was not proper to dismiss
three kings without having feasted them.
They went out to the dining room, which was
under a tree. Beneath the branches were more
than a thousand people. They all sat on the
ground, and were waited upon by tall young men,
who carried around large plates of meat.
The three kings gave themselves up to the joys
of eating. They took their food in their hands,
and swallowed it without even stopping to chew
it. Each man ate enough to satisfy a score of
ordinary people, for African kings are great eaters.
The poor marionette tried to eat as much as the
others did. He felt that his reputation depended
upon it. How he suffered!
At sunset, when all had satisfied their hunger,
there was placed before them a strange-looking
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affair with a long tube fastened to it. A dis-
agreeable smoke came out of it.
"What new thing is this?" thought the mario-
nette, but he did not say a word, for by this
time he had learned that an emperor must appear
to know everything.
The matter, however, was quickly made clear.
The outfit was a huge pipe, with a long mouth-
piece. The master of ceremonies presented the
mouthpiece to the emperor and asked him to have
the kindness to smoke.
"What blockheads!" the marionette muttered
to himself. "I never smoke anything but the
finest cigars!"
Still, he considered it wise to make no objections.
He puffed twice on the pipe stem, and then passed
it to the king that sat at his right hand.
The king drew a mouthful and then passed the
pipe to his next neighbor. Thus the pipe moved
along in regular order until it came back to Pinoc-
chio. Poor Pinocchio! he was already feeling a
little queer after his first attempt, and did not
enjoy the idea of smoking again; but he knew that
he must live up to the reputation of a great emperor.
Accordingly he bravely took the pipe and puffed
half a dozen times.
Alas! It would have been better for him had
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he not tried it again! He was wretchedly sick.
His head swam dizzily, and the sweat stood out
on his forehead. He tried to hide his feelings by
talking, but what he said was sheer nonsense.
"When I was king in my own country, the
Talking Cricket told me — because my feet burned
-that the alphabet had been swallowed by the
cat — that was hung to a tree by a dog — that
was owned by the director of the circus."
He gazed around him, frightened at his own
words, but he saw the flushed faces of the people,
and heard them whisper: "The sea talks —
"The sun is filled with stars—" "The tiger
laughs- "The summer is red - " and similar
phrases equally sensible.
"What is the matter with everybody?" thought
the marionette, as he looked about, and saw one
of the kings asleep on the ground beside him.
Other forms were stretched out around them.
Even as he looked, Pinocchio the First, Emperor
and King of all Africa, fell over on his wooden
nose, and he too was soon fast asleep.
CHAPTER XXXV
PINOCCHIO MAKES HIS FIRST ADDRESS
THE next day was a splendid one. The sky was
a clear blue, the earth was green and fresh. Thou-
sands upon thousands shouted with joy. Pinoc-
chio was to be crowned king and emperor.
He had carefully prepared the royal address,
and came proudly forward mounted upon a large
elephant, towering above his people. The trump-
ets sounded, the drums beat, the children rolled
on the ground. At a signal from the master pf
ceremonies all was still. Even the birds ceased
to sing. A troop of monkeys, leaping about in
the trees, paused to listen. The emperor spoke
as follows:
" Ministers of Africa, officers of the army,
chiefs and underchiefs, servants and slaves, men,
women, and ' children, all, beloved subjects, listen
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to the voice of your emperor!" —and Pinocchio
looked around at the multitude.
"We, Pinocchio the First, speak to you, and
bring to you the word of peace and of love. A
new day is about to open to you. Rejoice, O
people! We have concluded to bring happiness to
every heart and riches to every home. We shall
not reveal all the plans which, in time, we hope to
see carried out. We shall begin very modestly.
Our first gift to you, O people, is Time. Time
is very valuable. We have a great deal of it in
store. Our kingdom is rich in Time; therefore we
have decreed to give each of you as much Time
as you want. How can we be more generous!
"Behold the bright sun in the clear blue sky!
There is not its equal anywhere else in the world.
Kings are proud of it. We, your emperor and
ruler, have decreed that every one of you, our
faithful subjects, may enjoy the sunlight free of
any charge, without tax or duty. Can we be more
unselfish?
"You hear the song of the birds, the voices of
the animals, the rustling of the leaves in the wind!
These also we give you to enjoy at your leisure,
and without expense.
"There is one thing, however, that needs our
special notice, and this we shall now bring to your
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attention. Remember, we shall enforce with all
our power this law we are about to propose."
Here Pinocchio placed his hand upon his breast
and looked toward the sky.
"We will never introduce into our kingdom that
shameful system which brings sorrow to many
countries known to us. We speak of the horrible
scheme called Compulsory Education! What a dis-
grace it is, beloved subjects, to see so many bright,
intelligent children seated for hours and hours be-
fore books which ruin their eyesight! The eye is
a precious jewel, and it is improved, not by books,
but by looking here and there, above and below,
everywhere and anywhere, as the butterflies and
the birds do. Let us teach our children as nature
teaches us. Let us burn our books and our schools.
Do not drive our dear little ones to silly words
and cruel numbers'. It makes our heart bleed to
see parents call their children from some pleasant
game and shut them up in ugly schoolrooms."
At this point Pinocchio was so moved that he
had to stop. He looked around at the many
mothers, and saw them wipe the tears from
their eyes. Proud of the impression his words
had made on these kind hearts, he went on
in a tone so pathetic that it touched even the
elephant which carried him.
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" These are gentle tears, dear subjects, and they
show how noble are your hearts. You love your
children. We ourselves will never see them suffer.
No, a thousand times no! We are not so cruel
as to tear you away from your dear ones. They
may continue to roll upon the grass, free as the
birds that fly. They are free to hunt for crickets,
to steal birds' nests, to bite and to kick each other,
to run and play in the fields and woods with the
monkeys.
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"We consider these exercises very necessary,
and whenever the grave affairs of the state will
permit we will visit you and encourage these
sports. You perceive that in this matter you
owe much to your emperor, who was made to go
to school, and who saw the evils of education.
Alas! too many of his young companions were
completely ruined so far as their eyes and brains
were concerned.
" Officers and soldiers, ministers of the crown,
beloved subjects, we, Pinocchio the First, Em-
peror and King, ask you to shout with all the
breath in your lungs: 'Down with Compulsory
Education! Down with the school!"
A deafening roar, louder than thunder, arose
from the people: "Down with Compulsory Edu-
cation! Down with the school!"
This speech was followed by a review of the
troops, which lasted till night.
Emperor Pinocchio, tired but satisfied, then
returned in state to the royal palace.
CHAPTER XXXVI
THE EMPEROR BECOMES AS BLACK AS A CROW
IT was no easy matter to be an emperor. There
was a great deal of work to be done, and work was
always tiresome to Pinocchio. Each day he must
get out of bed at a fixed hour, and allow himself
to be washed and oiled. Then came breakfast,
and after that the ministers with the affairs of
state.
True, his work did not seem hard. He had
only to say "Yes" or "No." But in the task of
deciding whether it should be "Yes" or "No"
lay the real difficulty.
Sometimes he would be left with only a few
servants, among them some boys to entertain him
or to drive away the flies with big feather dusters,
which tickled his nose and made him sneeze.
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These were pleasant moments in his life, but
he was often bored, and being a cunning rogue he
thought out a plan by which once in a while he
could be freed from care.
Among the boys at the court was one who re-
sembled him in all things except in the color of
his skin. What had Pinocchio planned?
One day, while strolling through the woods near
the capital, he called the boy to him and taking
his arm, said to him in a gentle voice, "Do you
love your emperor?"
"Is it necessary to ask, your majesty?" replied
the boy, moved to tears at such an honor.
"And should you like to do your emperor a
favor?"
"Your majesty, to do you a service I would go
at once, with only my feather duster to protect
me, and pinch a boa constrictor's tongue!"
" Good ! " replied Pinocchio. "You are a fine lad,
and you will become a great man. But let us
put aside boa constrictors for the time. I have
often been sad because I am not like my subjects.
I should like to color my skin so that it would
be like a native's, dear Marameho, — like yours.
You know how pleased the ministers would be."
"Your majesty, it would be the brightest day
of our lives!"
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"Good boy!" exclaimed the marionette. "If
you always answer so well, I promise you the
place of keeper of the king's treasures."
The boy's eyes shone.
"Well, can it be done?" asked the marionette.
"Nothing more simple, your majesty," replied
Marameho. "I know a plant, the fruit of which
will serve our purpose."
"When can we get this wonderful dye?"
"To-day, if your majesty will permit me to
absent myself for a short time," replied Marameho
with great respect.
"Go, go at once," ordered the marionette,
greatly delighted. "But wait; there is something
more. We are alone and may drop our titles.
Your majesty, your highness, weary me to death.
Call me plain Pinocchio, and I will call you my
dear Marameho."
The poor boy was overcome with all this kind-
ness, and planting a kiss upon the point of his
emperor's nose, he vanished through the trees.
The next day a proclamation was made through-
out the empire. His royal and imperial highness
had become as black as the blackest of his subjects.
The ministers were joyous, and they celebrated
this happy event with a great feast. That day
they did nothing but eat and dance.
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As a rule the emperor, of course, could not take
part in such amusements. It was his business to
sit upon the throne while the ministers and the
people danced and played before him. This
time, however, the ancient law was broken. Pinoc-
chio danced like a madman the entire night, while
the faithful Marameho, clothed in the emperor's
garments, sat upon the throne. No one even
dreamed of the exchange.
CHAPTER XXXVII
THE HIPPOPOTAMUS HUNT
THE next day was set aside for a hunt in honor
of the young emperor, Pinocchio the First. He
would have been content to stay at home, but this
would have been taken as a grave insult to the
people.
A herd of hippopotamuses had been discovered
a few miles from the capital. His ministers agreed
that the emperor must go. There was nothing
else for him to do.
Besides, the hunt was for scientific purposes.
As Pinocchio had made known his views on
schools, he could do no less than encourage this
expedition, which was the only educational train-
ing allowed in the country.
The hunters, in fact, were persons of high rank,
who spent their time in searching for traces of
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wild animals. It seemed strange to Pinocchio
that these learned hunters did not study how to
protect their animals, instead of trying to kill
them.
"I suppose it is the custom of the country,"
thought the marionette.
Two hours before sunrise the leaders in the hunt,
armed with bows, arrows, and javelins, stood be-
fore the royal palace waiting for the emperor. He
was to ride on the back of a bull, which the prime
minister held by a rope.
They were not kept waiting long. Pinocchio
the First came forth with a pleasant smile upon
his lips. Inwardly, he was very angry, but little
did his faithful subjects suspect how he felt.
"A fine time for a king to rise!" he thought.
"Am I or am I not emperor? If I am emperor,
I should sleep as long as I wish, eat what I please,
and do anything I like. It seems to me that I
am the slave of my people rather than their
ruler. Wait, my dear subjects ; I will soon prove
to you what stuff I am made of."
The people waited. The ministers explained to
the emperor that he was to ride on the bull.
"My dear subjects, have you lost your senses?"
thought the marionette. "I certainly will not
ride on a bull. How long have bulls been used as
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horses? This beast will hurl me into the first
ditch we come to. A fine regard you have for your
emperor! I almost begin to believe that you want
to get rid of me and have another king."
However, there was no way of escape, and he
decided to do as he was told. He leaped squarely
upon the bull, and calmly sat there. The bull,
fortunately, did not move.
"Good beast!" said Pinocchio, somewhat en-
couraged, as he gave the signal to depart.
The sun was already up when they reached the
river where the hunt was to take place.
Hippopotamus hunting is a very dangerous
sport, but it was one that the people dearly loved.
Scouts were sent on ahead while the hunters
crawled like snakes through the high, thick grass.
As they neared the river, they became very
careful. With their eyes fixed, their ears wide
open, their spears firmly grasped, they were ready
to attack at any moment.
Pinocchio pretended that he was suffering with
a pain in the left foot, and slowly dropped behind
the others. He had never had any great liking
for the hunt. He felt annoyed that he should
always have to do things that he did not enjoy.
He would have stayed where he was, but the
prime minister came along in search of him.
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Tired of the insolence of this man, the mario-
nette thrust back his hat with a bold sweep of his
hand, as if to say, "Now I shall show you who
I am, and who I was." Pinocchio then hastened
toward the river, reaching the bank at the very
moment when the hunters had started a large
hippopotamus out of the weeds.
The huge animal tried to get away and made
for the river.
"Some one must jump into the water and kill
it with the javelin," said the prime minister.
Nobody stirred.
Suddenly a loud voice rang through the still-
ness:
"I will go."
And Pinocchio, amid shouts of admiration and
terror from his subjects, dived into the river and
swam toward the animal.
The hippopotamus scented the enemy and turned
upon him, but the nimble marionette, swimming
around the great creature, grasped it by its short,
thick tail.
When the beast felt itself gently pulled in this
manner it began to turn round and round like a
dog chasing a troublesome fly.
This performance, which was both funny and
terrible, lasted for fully five minutes. During
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all that time Pinocchio did nothing but laugh.
He did not seem to realize what would happen to
him if he were clutched by those terrible jaws.
At length the animal, blind with rage, plunged
below the surface of the water, leaving the mario-
nette and the others dumbfounded.
This adventure increased tenfold the admiration
of the black hunters for their emperor, although
it was not wholly satisfactory to the chief cook
of the royal household, who had already planned
a great dinner. But Pinocchio quickly consoled
him, assuring him that when it came to eating the
tongue and feet of a hippopotamus, the emperor
would cheerfully forego the pleasure.
CHAPTER XXXVIII
THE EMPEROR SURPRISES HIS SUBJECTS BY
HIS WISDOM
PINOCCHIO'S power grew greater and greater.
The courage shown by him in the hand-to-hand
fight with the hippopotamus had made a great
impression on the ministers.
The grand council, for instance, had assembled
the high court of justice, which was to try a large
number of important cases. The very next morn-
ing the wise and brave Pinocchio was urged to
pass judgment upon the cases to be presented
that day.
Pinocchio thought of playing the usual trick
upon his ministers by placing Marameho in his
seat; but this was an important affair, and must
be attended to in person.
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"Dignitaries! chamberlains! ministers! royal
judges! guards! To the court!"
The persons called came forward and knelt
down to kiss the earth before his majesty;
then, rising, they all moved on to the court of
justice.
Beneath a canopy of ostrich feathers, held aloft
by a stately African, walked Pinocchio the First,
Emperor and King of all the African kings. He
was wrapped in a large green and red cloak
covered with precious stones, — that is to say,
with bits of broken glass of all colors, and shining
pebbles collected with great labor from the rich
mines of the country.
The court was to sit in the open air. This
greatly pleased Pinocchio, for the day was very
beautiful. When his majesty arrived all the great
crowd of people knelt and buried their heads in
their hands. They did not rise till the judges
were comfortably seated on the bare ground.
At a signal from the emperor the first case was
called. There appeared two men, each with his
head completely covered -by a large bag which had
in it holes for eyes and mouth. The men bowed
again and again to his highness and to the court,
scraping their noses along the ground. At last
they stood stiff and erect like posts.
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The grand chamberlain made a sign to Pinoc-
chio, and his majesty, turning to one of the men,
asked, "What brings you before the emperor's
court?"
The person addressed twisted his whole body
and sprinkled sand over his head. Finally he said,
" There was once—"
" A king!" thought Pinocchio. "Is he going
to tell a story? I, for one, should be pleased.
African stories must be amusing."
"There was once an old man — a kind old man
- blacker than I am, who had many sons, and I
was one of them. For this reason, the old man,
being my father —
"He was his son. He reasons well," thought
the marionette, but he did not move an eyelash,
pretending to be all attention.
"For this reason, the old man, my father, sent
me to tend his flocks. One night I arrived at the
brink of the river to water the flock. There I
discovered that a sheep was missing. I was heart-
broken over this, and, not wishing to return home
without my little sheep, I searched everywhere,
but in vain. The sheep could not be found. I
sat down and began to weep. Behind me was a
thick cane field. Upon a rock within the field
was that man, with a sheep between his knees.
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I rushed to the spot and shouted out to him,
'Why have you stolen my sheep?' He appeared
not to hear me. 'Why have you stolen my
sheep?' It was like talking to a stone. Blinded
by anger, I drew nearer. When he saw me ap-
proach he arose and ran away. I hastened
to my sheep and raised it from the ground,
and then I saw — it horrifies me to tell it —
that what I held in my hand was only the
sheep's coat. The robber had eaten the rest.
My sheep! My poor little sheep! I shall never
see it again!"
Pinocchio was greatly touched by this pitiful
tale. He had just opened his mouth to pronounce
a terrible sentence upon the thief, who was. stand-
ing motionless as a statue, when the minister
whispered to him to listen to the other side of the
story. With an angry look Pinocchio ordered
the accused man to speak.
He started as if he had been roused from deep
thought, gazed around, and then said in a grave,
slow voice, "The sun shines —
"What kind of speech is he going to make?"
thought Pinocchio. "Is it necessary for him to
say that the sun shines?"
And as the rogue went on to speak of starry
skies, blue waters, and things of that sort, the
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marionette lost his patience and shouted, "But
did you or did you not eat the sheep?"
"Your majesty," replied the man, "certainly
I ate the sheep! Ask, however, who, on the day
before, ate three fingers from my left hand!"
"Your majesty, I was hungry- " groaned the
shepherd. "I was very hungry."
Pinocchio shuddered. "What kind of people
are these? What sort of place have I fallen into?
Fortunately for me I am made of wood."
Meanwhile the two had lowered their heads,
waiting for their sentence. Pinocchio was too
much shocked to say a word.
The grand chamberlain came to his aid and
whispered something in his ear.
"Speak!" replied the marionette, "I bid you
speak, for whatever you do is well done."
The minister was pleased at the faith his majesty
had in him. He turned his dark face toward the
two offenders and said, "One sheep and three
fingers! You shall both be hanged."
Pinocchio, half -dazed, watched the minister.
Case followed case, and at the end of each one
Pinocchio said to the minister, "Act. I bid you
act. What you do is always well done."
The minister knew so well how to act that on
this one day there were sentences amounting to
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five hundred years of imprisonment, and two
hundred years at hard labor, while a thousand
prisoners were to be lashed, and one hundred were
condemned to die.
Justice had been done. The emperor Pinoc-
chio was led back to the royal palace amid the
shouts of the people. He was declared to be the
mildest, the wisest, and the most just of all kings,
past, present, and future.
CHAPTER XXXIX
PINOCCHIO TRAVELS THROUGH THE EMPIRE
IN order that his faithful subjects might behold
their new sovereign, Pinocchio the First resolved
to make a tour of the villages of his vast empire
and see with his own eyes the needs of his people.
The arrangements were made by the ministers
of state. Messages were sent to all the governors
to make preparations for the event, to select
committees to meet the emperor, to provide enter-
tainment, in short, to have everything in readiness.
It was a big task. The emperor, however, did
not trouble himself about it. He amused himself
watching the crickets and the birds, laughing at
the antics of some little monkeys, and playing with
his boy pages.
Sometimes he spoke of his past. He told his
pages about his travels, his struggles, his suffering.
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He told them how he had struggled with the waves
of a stormy sea, and about the fish from whose
stomach he had rescued his father Geppetto. He
recalled his dear Fatina, that gentle and beautiful
lady with the blue hair, and, placing his hand
upon his breast, took an oath, as emperor and
king, that he would have her come to Africa.
That thought made him happy, and he went on
to describe the feast they would have on her
arrival. He had resolved to make her queen of
one of his states.
Marameho shared the joy of his emperor, but a
cloud of sadness came over his face when he heard
him build these castles in the air, and make such
plans for the future. The poor boy had already
seen too many changes to believe that anything
in the world would last long. He was aware that
his. emperor was in grave danger, but he did not
dare to warn him.
However, events quickly ran their course. The
preparations were completed, and on a bright,
sunny day, Pinocchio the First, Emperor and
King of all the African kings, took his place
upon a litter made of branches, which was
borne aloft by four robust men. Following these
came all the ministers, and the day's march
was begun.
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Wherever they went, there was loud applause
for the emperor. The mothers were pleased be-
cause their ruler had promised to stop compulsory
instruction. They expressed their thanks in flat-
tering words, some of which reached the emperor's
ears.
"How fine is that wooden head!" said one. "It
is easy to see that he is a king of great endurance !
They say he can jump wonderfully — just like a
marionette!"
Toward evening the tents were erected. In
the largest of these Pinocchio gave a supper to all
the ministers, — a splendid supper which lasted
till late that night. A blazing fire protected the
court against the attacks of wild animals and the
cold of the night.
The ministers retired about midnight. Pinoc-
chio, left alone, began to walk up and down in his
tent, with his hands behind him and his head
lowered. He had seen at school a picture of the
great Napoleon in the same attitude.
He thought of his stay in Africa, and of the
strange things which had befallen him. He
thought of the treasures he had not yet found.
While pondering on all these things he ap-
proached the entrance of the tent, and in the
faint light of the dying fire, he saw a group of
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men huddled together. Drawing nearer, he heard
them talking.
"If things go well, as I hope they will, we
shall gather many presents," the prime minister
was saying. "It cannot be denied that he is
attractive, and I am sure that all our people
will vie with each other in making gifts. There-
fore, I entreat you to be patient. When the
visit is ended we will share what has been
gathered."
After a long silence, interrupted only by the
roar of a lion prowling about, the prime minister
continued: "As for him, we will dispatch him
in the quickest way. If he were not of wood,"
he added in a deep voice, "he would be good
roasted, but —
Then some one threw an armful of branches on
the fire. The flames lit up the tent, but Pinocchio
saw and heard no more, for he had vanished out
of sight.
At dawn, notices were sent throughout the whole
country that the emperor had disappeared, and
that there was no trace of him to be found!
The confusion was terrible. The people every-
where were aroused, — charges were brought
against the government. The matter became so
serious that the ministers were forced to flee.
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Among those who escaped was the prime min-
ister. He went into the forests determined to
find the emperor. Having strong legs and a keen
nose, he was well fitted to track any kind of ani-
mal, including a marionette.
In fact, after many hours of hard work, he
beheld the emperor scampering away from a herd
of wild beasts. They evidently wanted to make
a meal of him. The court gentleman knew that
these animals would soon give up the chase, and
was content to follow at a distance. After a while
daylight drove the beasts away, and the poor,
tired emperor threw himself flat upon the ground
to regain his breath. Scarcely had he done so
when a roaring more terrible than that of wild
beasts caused him to spring to his feet in the
vain hope of making his escape.
CHAPTER XL
PINOCCHIO IS PLACED IN A CAGE
ALAS! there was the prime minister. He had
caught hold of the marionette and tied a rope
around his neck.
It would be impossible to describe the wrath of
the poor emperor. He wanted to say a few things
and to do even more, but the cruel minister struck
him with a whip.
This kind of argument convinced the emperor
that it was best to remain quiet.
"That is how I like to see you, " said the minister,
pushing Pinocchio forward, and holding him by
the rope as the farmers do their donkeys on return-
ing from market.
Thus they walked a great distance, until they
came to the top of a hill from which could be seen
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a large tract of country covered with huts. The
minister turned toward Pinocchio and spoke as
follows: "My dear emperor, we must decide upon
some plan of action, if we do not wish to starve.
You see to what a miserable state we are reduced.
We have no .money, nor have we any food; in
short, if we do not earn something before night,
we shall not only be compelled to sleep in the
open, but we shall go to bed supperless. If you
were not made of wood, things would not be so
hopeless, because I could eat you up and you
would last some time. But since this is im-
possible, I have resolved to carry you around
the village and place you on exhibition before
the public. You will make money, do you under-
stand? Now be good enough to give me your
aid. Help me to put together a cage from the
bark of these trees. We shall make money, -
much money!" And the minister rubbed his
hands gleefully.
The marionette did not share in his joy. In
fact, he was on the point of showering bitter re-
proaches upon this unfaithful servant, who was
now going to exhibit him in the public squares,
but he decided to wait for a better opportunity.
Accordingly, he began to strip the bark from the
trees without making any objection.
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When the cage was completed the minister
turned to the marionette and said: " Enter.
From now on, there shall be no more talk of em-
peror. I am your master, and you are my faith-
ful slave. — Forward, march!"
The command had been given in a way which
made its repetition unnecessary, and Pinocchio
knew that he must obey.
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CHAPTER XLI
PINOCCHIO PERFORMS FOR THE PUBLIC
WITH the cage on his head the ex-minister walked
into the village, whistling as he went to attract
the attention of the people.
t( P-r-r-p, p-r-r-p, p-r-r-p!"
It was a holiday, and the people flocked around
him. Everybody wanted to see, everybody wanted
to admire the rare animal in the cage. Shouts of
wonder burst forth on all sides.
It is easy to fancy how Pinocchio felt ! He longed
to be a cricket, or a mouse, so that he might hide
in some hole. How he wished that he were a butter-
fly or a bird and could fly to his home!
He stood there, huddled up in one corner of
the cage, trying to present as little of his body as
possible to the eager eyes of the crowd. He prayed
for aid with all his heart. It was useless. The
cruel master saw that the square was filled with
people, eager to look at the marionette. He
opened the cage, and when Pinocchio stepped out
he made him run around in circles like a monkey.
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Then the minister addressed the people:
" Africans of Africa! what you see here is not,
as you believe, an animal; at least, it is not a
wild animal. It is a boy. He is like many other
boys that are to be found in certain parts of the
earth. How he happened to fall into my hands
would be too long a story. When I tell you about
his habits and his mode of living, you will be able
to judge for yourselves how strange a creature he
is. Just think, on arising in the morning, he wants
to wash his face, neck, and hands, — and with
what? Water!"
At these words, a murmur of surprise arose from
the spectators, and some of the people laughed
outright.
"That is not all," he continued. "When he
has washed himself, he passes through his hair
an object, made of bone, that has long, pointed
teeth. Do you understand his purpose?"
The mothers looked at one another, and some of
them touched the woolly hair of their children,
glad that their little ones did not have to undergo
such hardships.
"Nor is that all. You must know that when
he wishes to blow his nose, he takes from his
pocket a piece of linen, called a handkerchief,
and blows his nose upon that."
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An outburst of laughter greeted these words
and completely drowned the voice of the speaker.
"But there is more, my people! This individual
possesses the ability to eat raw butter, yet his meat
must be cooked. He takes porridge with a spoon
and carries it to his mouth. He is even stupid
enough to cut bread with a weapon called a knife."
The astonishment was great! When it had
subsided a little there was a rush to the huts.
The people came out carrying water, raw meat,
and butter. One brought a chicken, which the
minister immediately killed and cooked.
At the word of command, Pinocchio washed his
hands, neck, and face. This the marionette did
willingly, for he felt the need of it. Then the
broiled chicken was given to him. Pinocchio, to
the delight of all, cut off one of the legs with his
knife, and having spread it with pieces of butter,
proceeded to eat it with evident relish.
The women then wished to see him comb his
hair. Pinocchio, who had no comb, passed his
fingers through his tangled locks, and finally suc-
ceeded in parting them. Then he drew a hand-
kerchief from his pocket and blew his nose. The
children shouted with glee, and even the parents
could not help laughing at the queer things the
marionette did.
CHAPTER XLII
PINOCCHIO BREAKS THE CAGE AND MAKES
HIS ESCAPE
FOR the next few days the poor Emperor and
King of all African kings was compelled to exhibit
himself, and to repeat his performances before
thousands of eyes eager to see his strange accom-
plishments. He was compelled from morning till
night to hear the insults of the boys and the laughter
of the men. All this made him very miserable.
What annoyed him most was the warning he
received not to refuse to eat whenever food was
brought to him. "That is what the monkeys and
the elephants do," said the marionette sorrowfully,
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recalling what he and his school companions had
seen when they went to the circus.
It is unnecessary to say that he thought of his
father, of his dear Fatina, and of his home. They
were constantly in his mind. Slowly, slowly it
dawned upon him that this way of living could no
longer be endured, and finally he was convinced
that if he did not soon see his little home, if he did
not soon eat the hard, black crust given him by the
loving hands of his father, if he did not soon drink
the water from his own well, he should die of a
broken heart.
"My home, my home!" he cried, the tears roll-
ing down his cheeks. "Home, my home!" he
repeated, no longer thinking of the gold and silver
for which he had come to Africa.
"I want to see my father again." And then he
stood erect in his cage. His head went through
the top of it and the sides fell apart. Away he
leaped over the heads of the crowd, — away like
lightning! Out of the village, across the plains,
beyond the hills! Compared with him the swift
south wind would have seemed no faster than a
snail.
He ran and ran and ran. Nor did he make an
end of running until he reached the wide waters
of the Mediterranean Sea.
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PINOCCHIO IN AFRICA
There he stopped. He looked back at Africa,
the land of all his empty dreams; then, flinging
himself into the water, he said aloud, "I will
return when I have a little more sense."
At that moment a familiar voice shouted to
him: "Good Pinocchio! Hurrah for Pinocchio!"
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